The Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (Biomechanics Institute – IBV) and its consortium partners in the European project HARKEN have developed a non-intrusive system integrated into smart materials which is capable of monitoring cardiac and respiratory rhythms in order to prevent drivers from falling asleep.
Daily Archives: July 25, 2014
Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue
VW faces battle with workers over cost cutting plans
Volkswagen faces a battle with workers over cost cuts at its biggest car division, a central plank of its drive to meet profit margin targets.
tesla’s Need For Graphite
Back in March of this year Bloomberg ran a story about Tesla and their need for massive amounts of Graphite when they open the new Tesla Gigafactory for EV type batteries. It also talked about China and their pollution problems. You can read the story through the link.
best-selling UK car of all time: Ford Fiesta
Ford Fiesta has been one of the best selling vehicles in UK for years and since 2009 has been the top selling car. As of this month, the Fiesta is also the best-selling vehicle ever in the UK, exceeding 4,115,00 sales since 1976.
Jaguar SVO builds a bespoke F-Type coupe to support Team Sky
Following last month’s unveiling of a new Tour de France racing bike for Team Sky, Jaguar has extended its support to Team Sky by designing, engineering and building a bespoke F-TYPE Coupé high performance support vehicle for the team to use during Stage 20 of the race.
