News tagged with car windscreen
Pedestrians injured by the windshield frame in car crashes
Pedestrian disability and fatality as a consequence of car crashes is a large global health problem. A new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet now shows that upper-body collision with the car's lower windscreen is ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Neuroscience in the driving seat
It emerged today that more drivers are using hand-held mobile phones than two years ago, despite the introduction of tougher penalties. The Transport Research Laboratory is worried because phone-using drivers ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Plastic electronics: a neat solution
(Phys.org) -- A breakthrough in the development of a new generation of plastic electronic circuits by researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory brings flexible and transparent intelligent materials – such ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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A new system of stereo cameras detects pedestrians from within the car
A team of German researchers, with the help of a lecturer at the University of Alcalá (UAH, Spain), has developed a system that locates pedestrians in front of the vehicle using artificial vision. Soon ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Fold-up car of the future unveiled at EU
A tiny revolutionary fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution was unveiled Tuesday before hitting European cities in 2013.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Glass that cleans itself
Eyeglasses need never again to be cleaned, and dirty windscreens are a thing of the past! Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and the Technical University Darmstadt are now ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Designer shortlisted for inventive windscreen design
A Northumbria student’s design for a car windscreen that displays driver information, directions and road conditions has been shortlisted in a national transportation competition.
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Head-up display wins top navigation prize in Munich
(PhysOrg.com) -- A navigation system making use of something called "True3D" technology has won the top prize in this year's European Satellite Navigation Competition in Munich, Germany. The ESNC is an international ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Asia's biggest tech fair opens in Japan
Smartphones detecting bad breath and radiation, twistable remote controls and a super-thin tablet computer were just some of the gadgets on show at Asia's biggest tech fair in Japan Tuesday.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 04, 2011 |
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A nanotech solution controlling the path of light can brighten up our lives
We want our electrical devices to have bright screens with low energy needs, so they can be used for a long time before recharge is required. Scientists are increasing the intensity of light by making nanometer ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Glass magic -- a film that changes what glass can do
Fogged or frozen windows are the bane of drivers' lives in winter. German researchers have developed a process that allows them to manufacture not just transparent, but heatable films. These films also prevent ...
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Turning off the air conditioning helps save fuel: Swiss study
Automobile air conditioning systems do not run "free of charge". In fact in the hot parts of the world they can account for up to thirty per cent of fuel consumption. Even in Switzerland, with its temperate ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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