What Makes a Safer HMI?
There’s a particular buzz, still in the background but growing louder. It started in parallel with the proliferation of displays along the last decade. There was that methodical Swedish test…
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Philippe Aumont
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Philippe Aumont is a highly experienced executive with almost 40 years in the automotive interior supplier industry. Both engineering & business graduate, completed by many general management programs.
He acted as Chief Technology Officer at Faurecia Seating, between 2011 and 2017. Previously he worked for Roth Frères, Johnson Controls and Faurecia, with various position in R&D, Marketing, Strategy, new product development, Open Innovation, start-ups, university, and earlier in JIT, Production, Program Management, Costing, Sales… with permanent assignment in France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, and frequent travels in the US, Japan, China & India.
Philippe is board member at SIA (Society of Automotive Engineers in France), and Ecole Centrale de Nantes (Engineering school).
Philippe is passionate about automotive product and business model reshuffling (Autonomy, Connectivity, New Energy, Environment, and Car sharing), Innovation culture, organization, Technology scouting, Start-ups, Occupant-centric Design (Comfort, Perceived Quality, HMI, Cognitive…)
HMI: ‘Smart AI’, or Switches and Buttons?
Modern car cockpits are increasingly integrating advanced technology, offering features like voice control, touch-sensitive surfaces, and ‘AI’-driven personalization. These innovations allow drivers to interact with their vehicles through gestures, swipes, and haptic feedback, displaying vital information like speed, navigation, and weather. Consumers are supposed to demand these features to mirror their experiences with smartphones and…
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Seat Vibes Increase Muscle Strength: Toyota Boshoku
Toyota Boshoku has published an academic paper entitled, “Immediate Effect of Local Vibration on Motor Unit Firing Behaviour and Muscle Strength in Healthy Young Adult Males,” jointly researched with Kanazawa University, in the European Journal of Applied Physiology.In 2018, the supplier made an agreement with Kanazawa University to promote industry-academia collaboration, and have been doing…
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Renault Symbioz Has Modern, Tech-Savvy Interior
The Renault Symbioz is a compact (C-segment) CUV—an extended version of the Captur, built on the CMF-B HS platform shared with the Renault Clio and Nissan Juke. The model was announced in February 2024 and unveiled in May. Its name is from the Greek “symbiosis”, which means “living together”. An unrelated concept car of the…
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Karli Research Project For Better Driver-Car Interaction
As vehicle automation increases, interaction with people must be prioritized and rethought. A research team from the Fraunhofer Institutes for Optronics, System Technologies, and Image Exploitation (IOSB) and for Industrial Engineering (IAO) has set itself this task together with ten partners, including Continental, Ford and Audi, as well as a number of medium-sized companies and…
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Cupra, Sennheiser Collaborate on New Audio System
The Cupra Tavascan now features a new audio system developed in collaboration with premium audio partner Sennheiser. The result of the partnership is an audio system that aims to provide a customizable and immersive experience for drivers and passengers. According to Sennheiser, the system operates by analyzing various musical components in real time, then redistributing…
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Brightek’s Asymmetric IRED
Brightek Optoelectronic recently released their 1616 High Power Asymmetric IRED (Infrared-Emitting Diode). This IRED, with a packaging size of only 1.60 × 1.60 × 1.37 mm, is the smallest high power asymmetric LED in the industry. This compact size provides advantages in space-constrained applications, offering design flexibility, especially in wide-angle image sensor illumination scenarios. The…
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Phononic Vibes: The Art of Sound Management
Three young Italian engineers have a startup called Phononic Vibes, founded in 2018 as a spinoff from Politecnico di Milano. The company has recently raised a €6m funding round for the development of a breakthrough technology in the field of sound absorption. The invention, covered by 12 patents, is a modular device for the isolation…
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Intel’s New Discrete GPU for In-Vehicle ‘AI’
Intel has introduced their first discrete graphics processing unit (dGPU), tailored specifically for the automotive industry. The Intel Arc Graphics for Automotive, revealed at Intel’s AI Cockpit Innovation Experience event, will be deployed in vehicles by next year. Intel says it will “elevate in-vehicle ‘AI’ capabilities”.The new dGPU is designed to address the increasing need…
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Lamborghini Temerario: Techno Interior for High-Power Car
The Temerario, unveiled last week at the Monterey Car Week, is the first Lamborghini to have a V8 twin-turbo engine paired with three electric motors, with an overall maximum power of 920 CV (907 HP). It features new design style concepts, while offering customization options and connectivity content never seen before. In keeping with the…
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