Category Archives: Useful Information

NVIDIA introduces high-performance platform for embedded systems

March 27, 2014   Neville

NVIDIA launched a new platform to the support the development of a new generation of applications that employ computer vision, image processing and real-time data processing in a range of industries including automotive.

The NVIDIA Jetson TK1 Developer Kit offers performance of 326 gigaflops—nearly three times more than any similar embedded platform.The Jetson TK1 Developer Kit includes a full C/C++ toolkit based on NVIDIA CUDA architecture, the most pervasive parallel computing platform and programming model.

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VOLVO AND FLYBRID CONDUCT UK TESTING OF FLYWHEEL KERS TECHNOLOGY

March 27, 2014   admin

VOLVO CAR GROUP AND FLYBRID CONDUCT UK TESTING OF FLYWHEEL KERS TECHNOLOGY

Volvo  and engineering company Flybrid Automotive, part of the Torotrak Group, have been conducting UK tests of lightweight Flybrid® flywheel KERS technology that boosts performance while cutting fuel consumption and emissions.

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Redesigned Audi A3 earns IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+

March 27, 2014   Neville

The 2015 Audi A3 earned the IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ award, due to good performance in five crashworthiness tests and an advanced rating for front crash prevention.The A3 was completely redesigned for 2015 and is now a sedan instead of a wagon like its predecessor. It’s the first Audi model to earn either the 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK or TOP SAFETY PICK+ award and the first ever to earn a good or acceptable rating in the challenging small overlap front crash test.

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WHO links 7 million premature deaths annually to air pollution; 12.5% of total global deaths

March 26, 2014   Neville

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The World Health Organization now estimates that in 2012 around 7 million people died—one in eight (12.5%) of total global deaths—as a result of air pollution exposure. This new estimate more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk, according to WHO, which is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.

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EU antitrust regulators raid Faurecia, Tenneco, car exhaust suppliers

March 26, 2014   Sean

EU antitrust regulators raid Faurecia, Tenneco, car exhaust suppliers

European Union antitrust regulators raided French car parts maker Faurecia, U.S.-based supplier Tenneco, and several auto exhaust systems makers in the latest crackdown against suspected price-fixing in the global auto industry.

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