Audi was the first to market with an all LED Headlight system in the A8. When Audi and the Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Laboratory needed help to develop a prototype next generation system using even more ground breaking technology, they turned to Ideal Mechanism for mechanical, thermal, and circuit design. Details are […]
Posted in Automotive, VW ERL, electrical engineering, illumination, mechanical engineering | No Comments »
Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, founded True Majority in order to promote making issues like education, the environment, and health care bigger spending priorities for the federal government. In order to draw attention to these causes, True Majority and its companion organization, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, have used creative […]
Posted in Art, Automotive, True Majority, mechanical engineering | 1 Comment »
Calling upon years of expertise with advanced touch screen functionality, Ideal Mechanism prepared a technical report on the state-of-the-art in touch screen technology as a guide to future research at the Volkswagen ERL.
Posted in Automotive, Consumer Electronics, VW ERL, actuators, electrical engineering, haptics, human machine interface, mechanisms, sensors, touch screen | No Comments »
In order to improve the functionality of the Volkswagen Electronics Research Laboratories state of the art vehicle simulator cockpit, Ideal Mechanism designed an electronic and mechanical interface to integrate an OEM-style shifter and steering wheel.
Posted in Automotive, VW ERL, electrical engineering, human machine interface, mechanical engineering, mechanisms, sensors | No Comments »
LED Wheels is developing a wheel based display to allow drivers to personalize their vehicles with active content and to enable mobile advertising. Ideal Mechanism developed a wheel-based power system for the display which avoids costly modifications to the vehicle electrical system, and designed a persistence-of-vision based display system to provide high resolution while […]
Posted in Automotive, LED Wheels, electrical engineering, illumination, mechanical engineering, mechanisms | No Comments »