EPIC Introduction
Guest editorial by Carlos Lee, Director General EPIC – European Photonics Industry Consortium It has been a pleasure to talk with DVN’s Hector Fratty and confirm the important role of…
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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.
What is Photonics?
Special to DVN by Dr. Eneka Idiart Barsoum, Senior Expert on Photonics Photonics is the science of detecting, collecting, transmitting, amplifying, modifying, and generally mastering light. It is considered a “key enabling technology” by the European Commission. It touches numerous areas of modern life—communications, life sciences, health, power generation, automotive, aeronautics, defense and security, precision…
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Prof. Khanh and Dr. Neumann on ADB Headlamp Rating System Proposal
The existing CIE evaluation method, referred to as TC4-45, defines the range of the light distributions on low and high beam in defined zones, such as the right and left…
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STM Join Zhaga Consortium
STMicroelectronics have become an Associate member of the Zhaga Consortium to advance the deployment of NFC (near-field communications) technology in the industrial lighting market. The Zhaga Consortium is a global…
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COVID-19 Difficulty Will Strengthen Innoviz : CEO
Innoviz CEO Omer Keilaf shared his thoughts on the effect of the global pandemic, particularly the upshots he considers likely from the challenges it has posed: “Over the past few…
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ZKW Seek Super Startups
ZKW are looking for startups offering innovative solutions in the areas of sensors and auxiliary lamps as the “Drive Light & Sight” startup competition from ZKW and StartUs is launching…
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Osram IRED For In-Car Gesture Control
Automotive interior displays are getting larger, the number of manual controls is decreasing, and customisable lighting solutions are creating a feel-good atmosphere. ADAS and technologies previously designed for mobile devices,…
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Pony.ai, Faraday Future and Canoo to equip their autonomous vehicles with Nvidia systems
Nvidia announces new partners in the field of AV. The American company won over Pony.ai, Canoo and Faraday Future with its Drive AGX platform designed by Nvidia for ADAS and…
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Clarion Malaysia to Make LeddarTech Sensors
Canadian lidar specialists LeddarTech have a volume production plan for their Pixell lidar module: it’s to be made by Clarion Malaysia, a member of Faurecia Clarion Electronics. The Leddar Pixell…
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Nuro: AV For Home Shopping Delivery
A new AV has won approval by NHTSA for use on the public streets of Houston, Texas. The aim is home delivery of online shopping for between USD $5 and…
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