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| 2009 Lincoln MKS - Innovation |
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The Lincoln MKS offers a suite of technologies and
features not found on other luxury sedans. They
include:
SYNC, a hands-free, voice-activated hands-free
in-car communication and entertainment system
developed by Ford and Microsoft. The system fully
integrates most Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones
and digital media players, providing customers
hands-free cell phone and music selection
capabilities.
THX®-certified audio system with 5.1 Surround
Sound, SIRIUS Travel Linkâ„¢ and Voice-Activated
Navigation, which provides superior sound quality
-- plus real time traffic updates, movie listings,
radar weather forecasts and even directions to the
closest local gas stations with the best prices.
Lincoln's Next-Generation Keypad, which uses
heat-sensing technology to bring alive the keypad
of LED backlit numerals embedded in the driver
side B-pillar. The driver enters a five-digit
code to unlock the vehicle.
Easy Fuelâ„¢ Capless Fuel-Filler System, a
customer convenience that helps reduce evaporative
emissions that create smog and global warming.
When fueling is completed, and the nozzle is
removed, the system automatically seals shut.
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), which allows the
driver to set the car's speed and maintain that
speed without using the accelerator pedal. The
radar-based system also can monitor the vehicle in
front (up to 600 feet) and adjust the speed of the
Lincoln MKS to keep it a safe distance behind the
lead vehicle. Four settings accommodate different
driving styles.
Intelligent Access with Push Button Start, which
is a first for Lincoln and allows the driver to
enter the Lincoln MKS and start the engine without
using a key. Drivers simply carry the special fob
as they approach the vehicle, touch the keyless
entry pad on the B-Pillar, open the door and with
the brake pedal engaged, start the engine by
pushing a button.
Adaptive Headlamps with Automatic High Beams and
Standard High-Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps,
which enhance nighttime visibility by illuminating
more of the road and reducing glare from oncoming
traffic. Sensors monitor vehicle speed and
steering wheel input engaging electric motors that
pivot the left headlamp up to five degrees and the
right headlamp up to 15 degrees to increase the
driver's field of vision. Plus, automatic high
beams switch to high intensity when no other
vehicles are detected.
Rain-Sensing Wipers, which are moisture-activated
and programmable.
Forward Sensing System, which determines how close
front objects are while parking.
Rearview Camera System, which is mounted beneath
the Lincoln Star on the decklid and activated
when the vehicle is shifted into reverse, giving
the driver a view of what's behind the vehicle.
The system works in conjunction with the vehicle's
reverse sensing system and uses the navigation
screen as a display.
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| Siemens | VDO eCorner Projekt | Innovation |
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Deutsche Innovationen.
Deutsche Entwickler arbeiten an unserer
Zukunft.Siemens VDO ist einer der führenden
Automobilzulieferer für Elektronik.
Kurze Information zum Video auf Englisch:
Siemens VDO engineers are working on plans to
integrate the drivetrain, steering, shock
absorbers and brakes directly into the wheels of
future cars. This concept, called eCorner, is the
basis for the ecological "Drive-by-Wire"
automobiles, which will become a common sight on
roads in 15 years. eCorner replaces the
conventional wheel suspension with hydraulic shock
absorbers, mechanical steering, hydraulic brakes
and, above all, conventional internal combustion
engines. For car owners, eCorner translates into
improved fuel mileage, more safety and greater
convenience. eCorner provides designers with all
new freedom to create future cars with an electric
drivetrain and electronic control. Only about 15%
of the energy from the fuel you put in your tank
gets used to move your car down the road or run
useful accessories, such as air conditioning. The
rest of the energy is lost to engine and driveline
inefficiencies and idling. Therefore, the
potential to improve fuel efficiency with advanced
technologies is enormous. With an Electric Car it
costs just $2.00 per 100kms with MUCH more
performance than with petrol at $20.00 per 100kms.
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Auto Industrie Industry Ideen Entwicklung Hitec
Ideas Technik Future Deutschland German Germany
Deutsch Car Auto Autos Cars Technik In-wheel
Motors Made in Germany Qualität Quality
Construction Konstruktion Neu New Germans Elektrik
Elektrische Design
Tags : Siemens VDO Zukunft Innovation eCorner Technologie Auto Industrie Industry Ideen Entwicklung Hitec Ideas Motor Future |
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| Doors open for innovation at Alberta Diabetes Institute |
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With today's opening of the Alberta Diabetes
Institute, the University of Alberta not only
welcomed an eagerly-awaited new building into the
campus fold, but, hopefully, an unprecedented
level of co-operation.
Building on its renowned reputation for diabetes
research, the U of A will employ a
multidisciplinary approach to solving the diabetes
puzzle by involving 35 principal investigators
from five university faculties including:
Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics; Medicine
& Dentistry; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences;
Physical Education and Recreation and the School
of Public Health.
"Such scientific and technological and social
advances, today, are rarely achieved by brilliant
individuals working in isolation. Instead, they
are achieved through highly specialized and
collaborative research carried out in highly
sophisticated facilities," said U of A President
Indira Samarasekera. "Ask any parent of a child
with diabetes, they will tell you that it is
imperative that a cure be found soon so their
child can look forward to a long and happy life.
That's why the Alberta Diabetes Institute exists."
In conjunction with World Diabetes Day, the
world's gaze focused on the 65,000-square-metre
Health Research Innovation Facility, which houses
the institute. The institute will eventually
occupy about two-thirds of the HRIF east building.
Tom Marrie, dean of the Faculty of Medicine &
Dentistry, said the building represents a
considerable achievement and the culmination of a
dream from his predecessor, Dr. Lorne Tyrrell, and
then-associate dean of research Dr. Joel Weiner.
"You might say it was born out of necessity, but
they conceived of the idea that we needed not one,
but two research buildings," said Marrie. "It is
also a tribute to the career of Ray Rajotte, who
30 years ago began a lifelong journey to try to
find a cure for diabetes. Most importantly, this
building is all about a team of dedicated
individuals from all across the university who
have come together to try to find a cure for
diabetes."
The institute is the culmination of the life work
of Rajotte, who started his research into diabetes
in the early 1970s. He was responsible for
creating the U of A's famed Islet Transplant team
which, in 1999 under the guidance of Dr. James
Shapiro, gave the world the Edmonton Protocol -
the world's first islet transplant technique. On
the heels of this discovery, Rajotte began pushing
for a research institute that would corral all
facets of diabetes reasearch under one roof.
"It took scientists from each of the five
faculties to help write the proposal to the Canada
Foundation for Innovation," said Rajotte. "To all
the scientists and the support staff - I would
like to paraphrase John F. Kennedy - ask not what
the Alberta Diabetes Institute can do for you, ask
what you can do for the Alberta Diabetes
Institute."
"Work together as a team that will lead the world
to find a cure for diabetes."
The Canada Foundation for Innovation's original
pledge of $28.5 million was the catalyst that
sparked the project. The price tag now sits at
$300 million, of which the government of Alberta
has contributed $246 million.
"There really isn't any more important issue in
health today," said David Hancock, Alberta's
minister of health and wellness, referencing
claims that diabetes is an epidemic. "Improving
the health of Albertans will assist us with not
only improving the quality of their life and their
productivity, but also in controlling health-care
costs. And this will only occur if government
pursues new ways to save live, works to prevent
chronic illnesses like diabetes, and encourages
people to stay healthy by eating right and staying
active."
Premier Ed Stelmach declared the institute "the
brain centre for research."
"As diabetes reaches epidemic proportions
world-wide, the opening of the Alberta Diabetes
Institute on World Diabetes Day demonstrates
Alberta's commitment to investing in diabetes
research at the University of Alberta, improving
the quality of life for all Canadians affected by
diabetes, and providing hope to people across the
globe," he said.
With all the university's diabetes researchers now
under one roof, institutionalizing the
much-talked-about atmosphere of co-operation now
falls into the lap of Ron Gill, who takes over
from Rajotte as the institute's scientific
director.
"A lot of Nobel prizes have been achieved by
people who change fields, work with someone in a
different area that they didn't understand very
well and together they accomplish something very
unique," said Gill. "In fact, that's how they
discovered insulin: Banting and Best, people who
would not normally work together, did something a
little bit different, and looked at things a
little differently and did something entirely new,
and that's how science works."
www.ualberta.ca
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