Today’s crash test dummies made of rubber and steel will soon be joined by next-generation Human Body Models (HBMs) designed with precise detail, but living only in the world of computer-generated virtual reality. The HBMs were created by the Global Human Body Models Consortium, LLC (GHBMC), established in 2006, by a group of nine automotive manufacturers . . . → Read More: Crash Test Dummies Go Virtual
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A large-scale demonstration of inter-vehicle communication will take place on 22 and 23 October 2008. At the Opel proving ground in Dudenhofen near Frankfurt am Main, the new car-to-car (C2C) communication technology is demonstrated in real life. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is one of the parties involved in this . . . → Read More: Vehicle-Vehicle Comms Get Road Test When most of us think about Bose, we think about expensive radios and headphones. Few know that they also make materials testers. The article, “Fatigue Testing – Automotive Fatigue Life and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of a Matrix Polymer by Bose ElectroForce Systems,” explains how they got into the business: Bose engineers had developed a specialized moving-magnet linear . . . → Read More: Fatique Testing of Auto Polymers The IDT N-Series are small, light cameras for safety testing. The N-3 provides 1280 x 1024 images at 1000 FPS, while the N-5 offers 2352 x 1728 images at 500 FPS. With 10-bit (mono) or 30-bit (color), configurable RAM, Gigabit Ethernet and both MP3 and PDA compatibility. Weighing under two pounds, the N-Series cameras require fewer weight . . . → Read More: N-Series Cameras are Small, Light A new report describes tests carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the wireless environment in automotive manufacturing facilities. The measurements, carried out through a joint collaboration between NIST and USCAR, indicate that these facilities are highly reflective, reverberant environments that can complicate reliable performance of wireless technology. The measured results . . . → Read More: New Report on NIST Tests of Wireless Environment in Auto Factories |
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