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Bioengineering In Car Interiors

Biological engineering, or bioengineering, is a science-based discipline founded upon the biological sciences in the same way that chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering are grounded in chemistry, electricity and magnetism, and classical mechanics, respectively.

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Generative Design for Interiors: From Many, The One

Generative ‘AI’ is presented as a quick and powerful shortcut for easy solutions to complex problems. Today’s and tomorrow’s auto interiors are brimming with complex problems. Consider seats: safety, comfort, ergonomics, design, and ecocircular construction all have to be achieved at the same time, within tight cost and manufacturability constraints.

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ORAFOL: A Hidden Champion

DVN was invited by Jürgen Ewald to visit the company ORAFOL Europe GmbH in Oranienburg. Jürgen Ewald is an old friend back from my university time in Darmstadt. He took his time to guide me around the company for a half a day and he presented many surprises.

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Motion Sickness: Automaker Solutions, Call for Papers

Motion sickness occurs due to a difference between actual and perceived or expected motion. It is more likely to affect a passenger than a driver—with obvious implications for automated vehicles—because passengers are free to focus on something other than the view outside the car, like reading or scrolling through a phone.

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New Audi Q5: Last Opus of Marc Lichte Design?

Audi have just released their final opus of Quadrilogy of new vehicles. After the Q6 e-tron, A5, and A6 e-tron, it’s time now for the new Q5.

The first generation of Q5 started in 2008 with 1.6 million sold units. For generation 2, production moved from Ingolstadt to Mexico, and will remain in Mexico for the newly-current 3rd generation—it’s the 5th generation of front lighting package for the Q5, counting facelifts.

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Interview: Uno Minda’s Vivek Jindal

Vivek Jindal serves as a Whole-Time Director at Uno Minda and CEO of that company’s Lighting & Acoustics Systems domain. He is also a Director at Minda Westport Technologies and Minda Onkyo India. Additionally, he serves as a Director at Clarton Horns Spain and Mexico, where he successfully facilitated the merger and acquisition of the Spanish entity into Uno Minda.

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