Electronics in Automotives
The vehicles you see today aren't the same as before. They have different body styles, different engines, and different power outputs. One major difference is the new technologies and electronics a car is equipped with. Electronic features that you are seeing right now are senors. What companies are trying with this technology is safety. Most of you reading have vehicles with sensors. When you look to your dash console and see the temperature that is outside, that is from a sensor. Now there are sensors that have a big impact when you drive. This new technology can help keep your car in a highway lane so you don't accidentally hit a car that was next you. Also there are front collision sensors that brake for you if an object is in front of you. This technology is developing meaning in a short time there could be autonomous cars.
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Similar Careers |
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Pilots, Race Car Drivers, Automotive Journalist, Super Car Test Driver, Car Designer
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I would really like to learn more about the evolution that is occurring in the auto industry and the future of transportation. I would love to become a Formula 1 driver or a test driver for super cars. Another interest I have is designing my own vehicle.
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From what I researched, in order to become an automotive designer you need to get a bachelors degree in 2-D and 3-D drawing skills, car technology, research skills development, model-making, and computer aided drafting. aThen i would need to create a portafolio showing innovative work. I would then have to gain work experience. Finally, I would pursue a Graduate Degree.
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BreadBoard and Wiring
Currently in most homes, we are using AC power. The reason we use AC current in our homes is because AC can travel longer distances over the electrical grid. DC current is widely used in low voltage applications such as charging batteries, automotive applications, aircraft applications and other low voltage applicants. An electrical grid is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from suppliers to consumers. It consists of generating stations that produce electrical power, high-voltage transmission lines that carry power from distant sources to demand centers. All solar panels nowadays produce DC current.
Solar PanelsSolar energy may change up the electric grid because it is a source of renewable energy because solar energy is a type of DC current because it's a direct source of energy. This may change up the grid because the power grid as of now is AC current.
Pros And Cons on Solar Panels (Renewable Energy)
Pros: You get steady energy prices. Increase or decrease in supply of fossil fuels has a direct result on inflation. You also get lower greenhouse gas emissions, meaning you leave less of a carbon footprint.
Cons: You have to manage your energy efficiently because solar energy builds off each other. |
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Nikola Tesla |
Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He is known to be the founder of Direct current but, him and Tesla Had disagreements over which source of energy is better or worse. In the end however Tesla had the better source of energy. In the end Tesla's AC current had won but, Edison's DC current may come back because of renewable energy
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Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856 in Croatia. He is known to be the founder of Alternating Current teamed up with George Westinghouse but, him and Edison had disagreements on which current was better. In the end Tesla had the better current because of the main factor being, that AC current can travel over long distances of time distributing electricity and buildings.
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