EU RESEARCH NETWORK DEVELOPS NEW TIRE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN science project has said it is ready to move ahead with tire giant Goodyear to commercialise tested and new tire sensors that can warn motorists of potential blowouts, skids, aquaplanes and other potentially dangerous accidents. The EUREKA research network's TYRESENSE project said it is "ready to hit the ground running" with the sensors, which are a few square millimeters in size and embedded into tire treads. They are wireless devices, linked to antennae in vehicle wheel casings, transmitting information on tire ...
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