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This issue includes articles and profiles that focus on Automotive Sensors, along with the latest updates on new and revised standards. Article summaries with links to the complete newsletter are given below.

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New Cars with Sense and Sensors

Vehicles these days can hear, see, feel and smell. As the demand for automotive electronic systems grows, so does the need for accurate and reliable sensor components that provide data for these systems. Passengers today are benefiting from comprehensive safety packages and a host of other convenient and practical features that all rely on sensor technology. More....

Occupant Safety Systems

According to National Safety Council statistics, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death between the ages of 1 and 33 in the U.S. There is a death caused by a motor vehicle crash every 12 minutes and a disabling injury every 14 seconds. These crashes, injuries, and fatalities are the nation's largest public health problem. More....

Airbags-The Next Generation

Development of "safer" airbags by automakers is moving rapidly. While years of field experience have demonstrated that the previous generation of airbags provided substantial safety benefits to customers, in some cases they also caused serious or even fatal injuries to occupants who were unbelted and/or too close to the deploying air bag - especially children and infants in rear-facing car seats. Manufacturers are actively developing so-called "smart" or "advanced" airbags that are able to tailor deployment based on crash severity, occupant size and position, or seat belt use. These bags should eliminate the risks produced by current air bag designs. More....

World's First Motor Vehicle 'Black Box' Standard Underway at IEEE

Driven by the lack of uniform scientific crash data needed to make vehicle and highway transportation safer and reduce fatalities, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) has begun working to create the first universal standard for motor vehicle event data recorders (MVEDR) much like those that monitor crashes on aircraft. More....

Vehicle Sensor Standards and Related Publications

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Automotive Standards Update

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