Archive for: ford

Ford reinventing the airbag: More accurate and safer.

  • May 14, 2009 4:41 am

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Since the dawn of airbag time, the life saving devices have been used to keep people safer in accidents so that we may live to see another day when two physical objects vie for the same physical space.  Since their introduciton, airbags have been calibrated using acceleration meaning the actual force of the impact had no real influence on the airbags.  The bags were calibrated for certain speeds and only when abruptly stopping would their airbags deploy, though again tied to a particular speed.  However, Ford’s newest airbag design starting on the 2010 Ford Focus reinvents if you will rather old technology and incorporates a new twist.

Opera Mobile and mobile internet leading the charge to save the U.S. car industry?

  • April 2, 2009 6:59 pm

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The auto industry is in shambles.  The cause depends on who you ask.  For some, it is the years of mismanagement.  For others the resistance to developing other cars besides SUV’s.  What you might not know however is a smaller group who consist of those who believe the lack of technology in cars is the Big 3′s real demise.  What kind of technology do I mean?  Is it manufacturing technology, engine technology, or more “geeky” technology consisting of the gizmos and gadgets inside of the cabin?  For the next few minutes we will be focusing on the last topic — the technology inside of the cabin.  If the Big 3 drastically updated the internals of their vehicles with mobile internet all around, bluetooth technologies, etc, could it save them?