After using an iPhone, an iPad, and an eye-tracking device, AutoNOMOS-Labs, a Berlin-based project, has found yet another way to maneuver its (usually completely) computer-controlled vehicle. “MadeInGermany,“ the autonomous car, now also relies on brain power.
The commercial Emotiv Epoc EEG (Electroencephalogram) headset requires a few rounds of mental training. “We thought if someone can use the headset to play a computer game – we can make it work with a car,” explained a scientist of Freie Universität Berlin. The wireless neuro-headset measures and interprets bioelectric signals as patterns. These patterns are then associated with different commands, e.g. left or right. A software interface communicates with the on-board Drive-by-Wire system of the car, transforming the messages into actuation, like steering or acceleration. Test drives have shown only a slight delay between mental command and vehicular execution.
The work of AutoNOMOS-Labs points to the huge potential human-machine interfaces offer in autonomous driving as well as applications for the physically handicapped. Integrating the driver’s mental decisions at certain points (e.g. at an intersection) could highly individualize routing in autonomous-car travel or control future electric wheelchairs. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the project is part of the German High-Tech Strategy’s ForMat program to examine intelligent forms of mobility and develop promising applications.
The Mercedes-Benz CLS Facelift
Mercedes-Benz has extensively
revised the four-door CLS Coupé and the CLS Shooting Brake. Both design
icons now feature a honed front section. Their further upgraded interior
boasts lots of new, perfectly handcrafted details, combining
contemporary luxury with passionate sportiness. They also bring
ground-breaking technical innovations to the road. The futuristic
MULTIBEAM LED headlamps open up new dimensions in lighting systems.
High-performance, precision LED modules automatically provide the best
possible illumination, whatever the road and traffic conditions.
Cutting-edge technology on-board also includes the 9G-TRONIC 9-speed
automatic transmission, new, powerful engines, intelligently networked
driver assistance and safety systems as well as a progressive multimedia
system with internet. The AMG variants CLS 63 AMG Coupé and Shooting
Brake developing up to 430 kW (585 hp) assume pole position in the power
output stakes. The diverse new Mercedes connect me online services are also included on all models.
Both models now come as standard with
all-LED headlamps in a new design. Alternatively both vehicle models are
available as an option with the new MULTIBEAM LED headlamps as designed
and developed by Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz is opening a new chapter
in lighting systems with this innovation. Since the MULTIBEAM LED
technology combines the very best of today’s lighting technologies and
can optimally adjust the light distribution instantly and automatically
to virtually any traffic situation, it always ensures thus far
unrivalled broad and bright illumination of the road surface and edge of
the carriageway for high performance and precision without dazzling
other car drivers.
410 kW (557 hp) to 430 kW
(585 hp) and 720 to 800 newton metres – the AMG 5.5-litre V8 biturbo
engine ranks among the world’s most efficient series-production
eight-cylinder engines when it comes to peak output, torque and fuel
consumption. The CLS 63 AMG with 410 kW (557 hp) and rear-wheel drive consumes 9.9 litres per 100 kilometres (NEDC combined) (231 grams CO2 per kilometre). The variant with 410 kW and performance-oriented AMG 4MATIC all-wheel drive and the S-Model with 430 kW (585 hp) and all-wheel drive come in only slightly above at 10.4 to 10.6 litres per 100 km (243 grams to 248 grams CO2/km). All CLS 63 AMG models already meet the second stage of the EU6 emissions standard.
MINI Superleggera Vision:
It’s called the MINI Superleggera Vision
and it’s not just adorable, it’s simply beautiful. It’s the product of a
collaboration between MINI and Touring Superleggera, a coach building
house based in Milan, that brought us the
amazing Alfa Romeo Disco
Volante back in 2012, for the 2014 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. The
MINI Superleggera Vision is nothing like we are used to see from Oxford
– it’s a tiny open-top two-seater, the design of which is a blend of
“Modern Britishness” and “Italian flair”, powered by an electric engine.
- Modern Britishness meets Italian flair: the iconic design of MINI
meets elegant, athletic beauty – interpreted in contemporary style.
- Classic Italian body construction and hand-shaped metal sheeting give the MINI SuperleggeraTM Vision a unique emotional appeal.
- Both on the inside and outside, the form is reduced to the maximum
extent so as to achieve a clear focus on the distinctive driving
experience.
- The interior reflects traditional coachwork construction in terms of
materials and styling, combined with the icons of MINI interior design.
- High-end materials such as leather, aluminium and black chrome highlight the clear aesthetics of the interior.
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