Jan. 16, 2018
Contact: Neda Simeonova / ERA Communications Director / nsimeonova@era.org

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Indiana/Kentucky ERA Hosts a Successful Member Meeting in December 2017
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With the help of audience volunteer Des Schillinger of Schillinger Associates, Inc., the guest speaker, Dwight Howard, demonstrates how cars will see around the corner to avoid unwanted collisions, and steering wheels will follow people’s eye movement and blinking patterns and take appropriate driving actions.

The Indiana/Kentucky Chapter of the Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) held an informative member meeting on Dec. 4, 2017, in Indianapolis.

The meeting included presentations — “Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) – Active, Safety Features, Connected Driving and Autonomous Driving” and “Delphi Corporate Structure Changes – Aptiv and Delphi Technologies Update” — by guest speaker Dwight Howard, manager of Delphi Electronics Engineering. More than 20 people attended the event.

According to Chapter Delegate Ellen Coan of CC Electro Sales, Inc., Howard discussed the exciting improvements coming to mobility, safety and security in the automotive markets.

“We know for mobility there is EasyPass (toll payment as you drive by) and ParkMobile (pay for parking, and find your parking spot with an app). With the 5G network starting to take form, the communication will only get better,” Coan explained. “Howard’s presentation discussed how V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communication will contribute to platooning in the future and large mass transit vehicles will move at high speeds only inches apart.”

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