Ford Unveils Ultra-Lightweight Fusion Concept Car - Webmaster News

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Ford unveiled a new concept car Tuesday, an ultra lightweight Fusion that is 800 pounds lighter than the Fusion models currently on the market.

The concept car, a mid-sized family sedan, shed nearly 25% of its weight; this makes it about the same weight as the Ford Fiesta, the manufacturer’s smallest car. To reduce its weight, Ford substituted the material in almost every part of the car for lightweight alternatives, including high-strength steel, magnesium, aluminum and carbon fiber.

The car’s wheels and seats are carbon fiber, while its crankshafts, springs and stabilizer bars are hollow steel. For the body, Ford opted to use a combination of aluminum, high-strength steel and magnesium.

The windshield and most of the windows are made out of chemically treated glass that is partially Gorilla Glass — used in earlier iPhone models — while the rear window is plastic.

The engine has also been slimmed down to a one-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine that Ford said performs much like the regular Fusion, but has the fuel economy of the smaller Fiesta (about 45 MPG).

Ford didn’t say when, or if, consumers would see the new Fusion in stores. It did not reveal a price for the concept.

Ford also announced a new partnership with Samsung’s SDI group to build more efficient lightweight batteries. The two companies showed off a new two-battery system that uses a combination of lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries. They said the system will eventually be used to bring efficient regenerative braking systems— currently only used in hybrid models— to more cars.

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Concept Video Shows Google Glass Used as a Targeting Display - Webmaster News

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Google Glass’ negative reputation stems partly from the fact that it doesn’t offer enough practical applications, but a new concept video shows how the device could transform the way law-enforcement agencies and the military operate.

TrackingPoint, a maker of precision-guided firearms, created a concept video that illustrates how Google Glass would be used to give the shooter a safer vantage point from which to aim and fire.

Shotview, the company’s app for iOS and Android, has the ability to send live images from TrackingPoint’s networked tracking scope to Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as smartphones, tablets and a range of wearable devices. However, the demo shown in the video just a look at what could be in the near future.

“We have not developed any apps for Google Glass that are consumer-facing, only for our own development,” TrackingPoint spokesperson Oren Schauble told Mashable. “We showcase Glass here simply as an example of wearable technology in eyewear form; this concept could work with any wearable, goggles etc. Eyewear is the most compelling for tactical purposes.”

“The app is ready … It works on any smart device that runs [iOS or Android],” Schauble added. “We were just shooting from a smartwatch today.”

An example of how ShotView already works in real life with an iPad can be seen in an earlier video from the company, below:

Giving shooters what they call “augmented marksman ability,” a live video stream for Glass would make Google’s much-critiqued wearable-computing device a must-have for marksmen.

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