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Webinars: Designing next-gen automotive interiors with LEDs

CDN's second webinar 'Visualization, Illumination and Sensing: Designing Next Generation Automotive Interiors with LEDs' was presented by Osram Opto Semiconductors on 17 February, 2010. View the recorded webinar in our archive by clicking the above link or find out more in the original article below.   Lighting has been revolutionized by the LED – their small size and low energy consumption gives designers a whole new palette of light and colors not previously possible. They are design elements in themselves, and they allow the ambience of an interior to fuse customization with sensing technology.

Ford's automotive assembly line celebrates 100th anniversary

A mere century ago, on Oct. 7, 1913, Henry Ford rigged up a rope tow to get Model T chassis across the floor of his Highland Park assembly plant -- essentially winching cars across the factory floor and adding a set schedule of parts at certain intervals. The implementation may have been a bit primitive, but Ford was on the cusp something big: applying the concepts of the moving assembly line to the complicated, costly process of automobile production.

Renault Megane Coupe Monaco GP revealed

Renault Megane Coupe Monaco GP - Geneva bound It looks like the Limited Edition Renault Laguna Monaco GP launched last year struck a bit of a chord with buyers, as Renault has decided to tag another model with a bit of F1 badging – the Renault Megane. The Renault Megane Coupe Monaco GP Limited Edition will get rolled out at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Based on the trim level that sounds like a Drum Beat – Dynamique TomTom – the Megane Monaco gets some pretty Arctic White pearlescent paint set off with gloss black alloys and gloss black mirrors, rear diffuser and fog surrounds.