There’s a demographic of VIP people out there that feel that they are constanly being threatened. Of course these people should have the right to drive around in an automobile without feeling vulnerable to a bomb attack. This is where the BMW 7 Series High Security automobile comes in.
The BMW 7 Series High Security has armor plating around the doors, the roof, the pillars, the undercarriage, the separation wall between the passenger and luggage compartments, and the front footwell.
The windows are made out of multiplayered with a unique level of resistance. The glass is over 2″ thick and is covered with polycarbonate layers on the inside. This prevents shattered glass particles from hitting the passengers.
There is an intercom system built into the car that has concealed microphones and speakers to record conversations taking place. There is also an assault alarm and a fire extinguishing system. The car also has irritant gas sensors that will automatically close the windows, shut down air valves, and activate the central locking system. Then an internal fresh air supply system will kick in.
If you’re one of those people that has been in an incident where you opened a car door and accidentally saw it take out a biker or even see it being taken out by another car, BMW and the Technical University of Munich is developing a solution for you. BMW and the Technical University of Munich are developing car doors that will resist from being opened when sensing a potential hazard.
Michael Graf is leading the BMW project. The sensors will be ultrasonic and notifies a bar running through the car’s doors if there is a hazard. The bar locks up and gives an alert notification to the driver. The prototype has been seen as positive and could be rolled out into several car models within the next year. BMW itself is still undecided whether the system will be rolled out into all of their future cars.
Personally I think the problem could be averted altogether by rolling out butterfly doors into every car. It doesn’t matter if you buy a Lamborghini or an Escalade, butterfly doors look cool.
Amit Chowdhry | March 18, 2008 | 619 views | Comments Categorized under BMW
BMW, the premiere car company known for their quality and prestige has finally realize the power of promotional abilities on the Internet. BMW will be creating campaigns on MySpace, Facebook, and Bebo sometime in 2008. Another move that BMW target certain popular U.K. web sites to promote specific models.
BMW also plans to use streaming Internet TV software, Joost to start their own channel. While there are currently limited details about their plans, it should be interesting to see how BMW will utilize the social networks.
Around the same time when Google acquired YouTube, Chevrolet paid well over $25,000 to create their own Happy New Year themed page on the video web site. To complement this campaign, Chevrolet held a competition by asking YouTube users to create commercials for them. While several users took the competition seriously, other users would post videos that related to global warming and social irresponsibility.
While social networks like Bebo, MySpace, and Facebook are growing rapidly, Joost seems to be struggling. To run Joost smoothly, a user is recommended to have fast, broadband connections. Even on typical cable modems, Joost is known to struggle a bit. If BMW’s plans go through, then they should be wary of the limitations of each. Sometimes creating a widget application or building a channel on Joost is not attention-grabbing enough .
