A new kind of injection moulding process developed at Warwick University could mean electronic circuits being embedded directly within car bumpers and roofs. The technology, called IN-SPIRE, could allow a bumper to act as a reversing sensor. It also has the potential to turn roofs into photovoltaic cells to charge car batteries. Developed by the Warwick Manufacturing Group in collaboration with German injection moulding equipment manufacturer Battenfeld, the team originally designed the technique for painting plastic car parts inside the injection moulding process.
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