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Final 16 contestants in U.S. GT Academy to compete at Silverstone in June

The remaining 16 contestants in the U.S. GT Academy will head to England's Silverstone circuit for a weeklong boot camp in June, Sony Computer Entertainment America and Nissan North America said Wednesday. The GT Academy began with 53,000 registrants who competed for the opportunity to race for Nissan in an undisclosed event.

How CATIA for Creative Designers helps to keep Recaro in the hot seat

Dassault Systèmes' latest release, CATIA for Creative Designers, is a software solution that bundles applications to help designers imagine, create, share and experience their product designs, virtually. Johnson Controls division Keiper, is using Dassault Systèmes' latest CATIA software in the design process of its new Recaro vehicle seating systems. Mathias Gischke, Head of the Style and Surfaces department at Johnson Controls' Technical Center in Kaiserslautern, says: "13 years ago we decided to use ICEM Surf, the Class-A leading software at the time.

Infotainment in cars could get a boost from backup-camera mandate

A federal mandate to require backup cameras in all vehicles, expected Feb. 29, will be a bonanza for suppliers of collision-avoidance equipment. But the mandate also could provide an unintended boost to the infotainment industry.