Sunday, November 9, 2014

Future Volkswagen vehicles will be equipped with wheels touchpads

Electrical Engineers research laboratory of Volkswagen, called ERL and located in Silicon Valley, have talked about the technologies that will appear in cars in the next five years. Among these we note autonomous parking system, the Traffic Jam Cruise, touchpad mounted on the steering wheel, connectivity between machines, 3D printing, iBeetle, Photo Souvenir and smart accessories.



Some of them already can be found on the concepts of multiple manufacturers.  What is each one?


Autonomous parking system involves parking space-constrained project, where the motorist must leave the vehicle before it to be parked.  Germans say about very narrow parking lots, where the car would be 20 inches from the other cars.  Autonomous parking operation will be performed by the driver via mobile phone.  The advent of technology on models of the series is scheduled for 2016.

All in 2016 will also appear in the Traffic Jam, the Pilot with the onset of the new Audi A8.  The system takes over complete control of the machine, in traffic, at speeds up to 65 km/h.  He uses laser sensors, a function of scan, a map with meticulous detail and ultrasonic cameras.  All these will be coordinated by a command center ECU, the size of an iPad.  After its debut on the A8 will be installed on other models.

The Touchpad of the VW is still at the beginning of the track, but we already know that.  We refer to a tactile surface on both sides of the steering wheel, which the driver can enter more letters, tracing with his finger on the surface.

The next technology, machines connected, could occur over about five years, to allow cars to communicate with each other about traffic conditions and accidents through various electronic messages.  By the time the system will advance up to the most courageous projects today with reference to communication between machines.

3D printing is required in the automotive industry to test new products easier.  With the materialization of things will last only a few hours, which is much faster than the few weeks needed today.  Thus, the generation of cars will have a shorter life cycle, estimated to be 5-6

The last three technologies: iBeetle application, Photo Souvenir and intelligent Accessories are designed to make life more interesting automobile.

The first could facilitate reading while walking messages on social networks Facebook and Twitter, but also would allow publication of information on Facebook as: autonomy, consumption, time spent in the car or the time spent with the roof folded down.  The second technology provides the appearance of four rooms GoPro in the four corners of the car to document the Visual journey by car.  Cameras will take pictures every 5 seconds, and at the end of the trip will show you the best pictures.

And the latter technology, but not the last, Smart Accessories-here the Germans refer to sports accessories (surfboards, bicycles) that the driver you will be able to connect to your car to prevent their theft.

You what technology you want to have the car that you drive?


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