Monthly Archive: ‘June, 2011’

Corporate Social Responsibility in CSR

CSR has an impressive Corporate Social Responsibility programme operating globally.  Many CSR locations are actively involved in the community and supporting numerous volunteering schemes.
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The challenges in supporting the automotive market

Automotive manufacturers want their suppliers to target for zero-defect.  So, as a supplier of automotive qualified products how do we work to achieve that?  How do we build in excellence so that we are the supplier of choice, not only for price and performance, but for quality and reliability as well?

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First Bluetooth low energy profiles published

Bluetooth low energy Heart Rate Monitor Profile has been adopted by the Bluetooth SIG, along with health thermometer this marks the first profiles to be adopted for the Bluetooth 4.0 specification.

It has been a long time coming with the core Bluetooth 4.0 specification adopted in July 2010 , but it is clear that this is the start of the process of a large number of profile releases.
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CSR (and Ryan Seacrest?) at Telematics Detroit 2011

June 8th marks the start of Telematics Detroit, 2011.  This event, growing in scale and influence each year, brings together individuals from many organizations that comprise the automotive ecosystem – including OEMs, device manufactures, auto makers and software and application developers.  This year’s event will also be visited by American Idol host, Ryan Seacrest.  Seriously.  Continue reading “CSR (and Ryan Seacrest?) at Telematics Detroit 2011” »

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Automotive Bluetooth – the car as a Health hub

Bluetooth – the technology that you use for hands-free calls and wireless music streaming has been used in an interesting collaboration between Ford and Medtronic to manage your health. In a demonstration, unveiled at Ford HQ in Michigan last week, a continuous glucose meter worn by the driver connected with the in dash computer via Bluetooth to provide feedback about their health while driving, and this week Ford demonstrated a seat that can monitor your heart rate. Continue reading “Automotive Bluetooth — the car as a Health hub” »

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