"Automobiles are on their way to becoming electronic devices with a few mechanical systems," said Henry Ford's great grandson, Bill Ford, who addressed attendees at Convergence, the biannual automotive electronics event held last month in Detroit. Convergence was a great opportunity to see how the next generation of automobiles will benefit from their ever-larger bill of electronic materials. I thought the most exciting developments were in "active safety" systems, where automotive electronics go beyond convenience and comfort to help reduce fatalities and injuries-and lower our insurance rates!
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