Progress in Automotive Transmission Technology

Progress in device technology.

Advances in implantable device technology over the past few years can be seen in these illustrations. The photograph on the left shows a 1997-model implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in front of an older version. Beside it is a modern single-chamber pacemaker in front of an older mercury-zinc–cell model. The Table shows their relative weights. These devices are now small enough to per...

Technology Adoption in Automotive Product Development

The automotive industry is characterized by the early adoption of technology into their products. In recent years, the automotive industry has developed infotainment systems that encompass navigation, digital media, phone calls, safety and other elements. These infotainment systems are based on componentry similar to smartphones or tablet computers. In contrast to tablet computers, the automoti...

Progress in artificial chromosome technology.

Artificial chromosomes is an exciting technology which has developed rapidly since the late 1990s. HACs (human artificial chromosomes) are autonomous molecules that can function and segregate as normal chromosomes in human cells. The advantages of an artificial-chromosome-based system are 2-fold. First, HACs are an excellent research tool for investigating the requirements for normal chromosome...

Progress in Medical Laboratory Technology

Recent progress in EMC and reliability for automotive applications

Cable diagnosis is a crucial research topic for the reliability of embedded systems in automotive applications. This paper presents a methodology dedicated to the reflectometry analysis of branched networks in order to localize and characterize the faults which may affect it. The direct model (propagation along the cables) is modelled by a RLCG circuit model and the Finite Difference Time Domai...