The future of auto design has some curves

The North American International Auto Show is all about the visuals: the screens, the exhibits and, of course, the design of the vehicles themselves.

During the auto show, which was open to the public Jan. 17-25, the College for Creative Studies in Detroit maintained an exhibit presence while displaying some models of aerodynamic vehicles that its students made.

On a Jan. 12 press preview day, Paul Snyder, CCS chair of transportation design, was on hand to answer questions and make observations about the future of auto design.






“In terms of strictly surfacing and form and shape trends, I would have to say from my brief walk around today that there is kind of a convergence and a homogenization happening amongst a lot of the brands, definitely in a good direction,” he said.

“But there is a lot of, maybe, too much similarity between one brand to the next.”

Snyder said he was excited to see the vehicles’ “sensual surfacing” and said customers respond to that sculptural form. But he said he’d love to see even more exploration, adding that designers’ understanding of aerodynamics has evolved as they continue to spend time in the wind tunnel. And this is affecting how they design their products, Snyder said.

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http://www.candgnews.com/news/future-auto-design-has-some-curves-80709

Check out Qualcomm's tricked out car of the not-so-distant future

Don't you hate it when you get in your car and you weren't the last person driving? The seat is in the wrong place, the radio's tuned to an awful station and the air con is on full blast even those it's the middle of winter.

Well those issues could soon be the thing of the past as Qualcomm showed off it's new automotive tech at CES 2015in Las Vegas.

The brains behind the operation is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 602a processor - a specially adapted 'automotive grade' smartphone processor, which means it has a 10 year life cycle - and its Gobi 4G LTE advanced modem.

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http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/check-out-qualcomm-s-tricked-out-car-of-the-not-so-distant-future-1279953