Thumbs up for smart lights (E4: Engineering) The European Commission

Thumbs up for smart lights (E4: Engineering)
The European Commission is proposing to allow manufacturers to install adaptive front-lighting systems into automobiles. Adaptive Front-lighting Systems (AFS) themselves are smart headlamp systems that can adapt themselves to particular road or traffic environments.

TI seeks $2.5 billion for sensors unit (CNET)
Company hires Morgan Stanley to sell unit representing about 10 percent of revenue. Deal is in early stages, three sources say.

Butterflies signal effects of widespread warming (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
GAINESVILLE -- As scientists find additional indications of global warming in the shrinking Arctic ice cap, Thomas Emmel sees evidence a lot closer to home.

ST plans chip manufacturing in India, says report (EE Times)
BANGALORE, India European chipmaker STMicrolectronics is planning a fully-fledged chip manufacturing facility in Greater Noida near New Delhi and has put down about $35 million to acquire a 25-acre plot of land to house the facility, according to a report on Wednesday (Oct. 12) in The Economic Times from New Delhi.

The men behind the unmanned vehicles (San Jose Mercury News)
They are the men behind the machines that have no men -- or women -- behind the wheel. William ``Red'' Whittaker is a robotics guru from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh (and its West campus at Moffett Field). His two eponymous Red teams are considered most likely to win today's $2 million-prize, 150-mile desert race of autonomous vehicles.

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
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RUNNING BACK IS A TOUGH SELL (Miami Herald)
Once leery teammates are now embracing his return Sunday. Fans are willing to forgive and forget as long as he regularly finds the end zone.

Electronic toll collection in Japan tops 50% (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ The transport ministry said Wednesday 50.2 percent of vehicles used the electronic toll collection system when they passed through toll booths on expressways in Japan between Sept. 30 and Oct. 6.

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
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Frankfurt Motor Show Favorites
Public days for this huge auto show run through September 25, and concept cars continue to be a big draw. Our editors pick their ten favorites.
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