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CES Highlights Automotive Developments and Safety

by Bob Raikes

One thing that struck me at the annual technofest that is CES was the incredible speed of the push to autonomous and computing centric cars. I was particularly impressed with what Nvidia showed, although …

Tags:Automotive| Nvidia| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 04

ICDM Sets Up Automotive Display Measurement Committee

by Andrew Fenn

The International Committee for Display Metrology has announced a new Automobile Displays Subcommittee. It will be chaired by Michael Becker of Instrument Systems. This new subcommittee will address many of the performance issues of …

Continental: The Future of Mobility is Electric

by Ken Werner

Continental is a huge global Tier 1 supplier to automotive industry that is develops and delivers subsystems for nearly every imaginable automotive function. (A different division is the well-know tire maker.) Among the concepts …

Tags:audio| Automotive| CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 04

CES Busy and Bigger than Ever!

by Bob Raikes

CES was a big show with more space than ever before at 2.75 million sq. ft. (255,500 m2) and the total attendance was expected to be over 170,000. The event seemed very busy this …

Harman and Samsung Find Synergy — Really!

by Ken Werner

Whenever one company merges with or devours another, it predicts that a cornucopia of synergistic value will result. More often than not, it doesn’t, but since Samsung completed its acquisition of Harman in March …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Has Visteon Found a Sweet Spot?

by Ken Werner

Tier 1 automotive supplier Visteon thinks it has found a display sweet spot. While other automotive suppliers are developing clusters and cockpits with OLEDs and QLEDs, Visteon feels that exploiting the current oversupply of …

Cars, Yes; Display Technology, Not So Much

by Ken Werner

We found interesting automotive display technology at Tier 1 suppliers and display companies such as LG Display, but there was surprisingly little in the way of display technolology to be seen at the North …

LiveMap Developing an AR Motorcycle Helmet

by Arthur Berman

The augmented reality motorcycle helmet developed by LiveMap (Moscow, Russian Federation) has now evolved into a working prototype. LiveMap reported that the company has succeeded in producing the so-called Prototype C and that it …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Vol 25 - Issue 04

RIP Navdy

by Norbert Hildebrand

After a short run, the lauded Navdy HUD for the automotive aftermarket seems to have reached the end of the line of corporate success. As reported by TechCrunch and DigitalTrends, Navdy has sent out …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Vol 25 - Issue 03

Nvidia Sees Three Big Opportunities

by Bob Raikes

Nvidia had a press event at CES that was away from the main Mandalay Bay and, as with previous years, highlighted the importance of automotive to the company’s future by being in the North …

Faurecia’s Press Event Emphasises Health and Safety

by Bob Raikes

Faurecia is a supplier to the automotive market that supplies interiors and systems. The company is in the process of acquiring Parrot (the auto audio specialist) and also has invested in touch supplier, Canatu …

Tags:Automotive| CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Panasonic Press Event Highlights B2B and Automotive

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic had a press event on the main press day and started by pointing out that the company is now 100 years old. It has always been in the consumer business, but is increasingly …