I see your HIDs & LEDs and raise you Lasers
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I see your HIDs & LEDs and raise you Lasers
Audi R18 e-tron quattro: Now with laser headlights
If ever there was a car that was perfect for mounting lasers on, it's the Audi R18 e-tron quattro.
Audi's updated Le Mans Prototype will be racing through the night with laser headlights. The German automaker says this is the first time the technology has been used at the world's most famous endurance race.
The lighting system works by using a blue laser beam to back-light a yellow phosphorous crystal lens; the actual beam emitted by the headlights is white. Audi says the lasers provide more homogenous lighting, and hopes to eventually apply the technology to production cars.
Laser light is monochromatic, so it doesn't project across all areas of the spectrum like the light emitted from conventional sources. This creates greater light density and a more precise beam. In other words, more light where you want it.
This might be a missed opportunity, though. Lasers would be much more exciting if Audi's engineers could find a way to attack other cars with them. That would add a whole new dimension to the action at Le Mans.
While the 2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro won't be able to shoot down its opponents like Luke Skywalker bull's-eying a Womp Rat, it will be a very impressive machine. It's expected to have the same turbodiesel hybrid powertrain as last year's race winner, but with several improvements such as a new electric turbocharger and a chassis that's 100 pounds lighter.
Audi isn't the only carmaker developing laser headlights. BMW has laser-light technology of its own, which it plans to offer on the 2015 i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. The laser lights will be offered as an option for the car's high-beams.
If ever there was a car that was perfect for mounting lasers on, it's the Audi R18 e-tron quattro.
Audi's updated Le Mans Prototype will be racing through the night with laser headlights. The German automaker says this is the first time the technology has been used at the world's most famous endurance race.
The lighting system works by using a blue laser beam to back-light a yellow phosphorous crystal lens; the actual beam emitted by the headlights is white. Audi says the lasers provide more homogenous lighting, and hopes to eventually apply the technology to production cars.
Laser light is monochromatic, so it doesn't project across all areas of the spectrum like the light emitted from conventional sources. This creates greater light density and a more precise beam. In other words, more light where you want it.
This might be a missed opportunity, though. Lasers would be much more exciting if Audi's engineers could find a way to attack other cars with them. That would add a whole new dimension to the action at Le Mans.
While the 2014 Audi R18 e-tron quattro won't be able to shoot down its opponents like Luke Skywalker bull's-eying a Womp Rat, it will be a very impressive machine. It's expected to have the same turbodiesel hybrid powertrain as last year's race winner, but with several improvements such as a new electric turbocharger and a chassis that's 100 pounds lighter.
Audi isn't the only carmaker developing laser headlights. BMW has laser-light technology of its own, which it plans to offer on the 2015 i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. The laser lights will be offered as an option for the car's high-beams.
01-08-14, 06:48 AM
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ugly car IMO, but cool tech...
Audi at CES 2014 unveiled its Sport quattro Laserlight concept based on the classic 1983 Sport quattro, but filled with plenty of new tech innovations. The dual laser headlights may be the car’s most interesting feature, at least from a tech perspective, being described by an exec as Audi’s “technological spearhead” during the company’s press event. The laser diodes are said to illuminate the road for a distance of up to 500 meters, with the high-beam having twice the light range and three times the luminosity of LED high-beam lights. The software can manage LED lights individually in order for oncoming cars to not be affected by the Sport quattro’s Laserlight system.
Furthermore, the hybrid car can deliver 113 mpg performance thanks to its hybrid bi-turbo 4-litre 552 hp engine combined with a 110kW electric motor. The Audi Sport Quattro Laserlight also features a smart cockpit that makes use of an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor to deliver 3D graphics on a high-resolution display when showing various information including speed dials, navigation maps and even media lists. Audi has partnered up with Google and other automakers to form the Open Automotive Alliance, which may bring Android features to future Android cars.
The following video shows how the light system of the Sport quattro Laserlight is supposed to work.
http://news.yahoo.com/video-audi-unv...205515816.html
Audi at CES 2014 unveiled its Sport quattro Laserlight concept based on the classic 1983 Sport quattro, but filled with plenty of new tech innovations. The dual laser headlights may be the car’s most interesting feature, at least from a tech perspective, being described by an exec as Audi’s “technological spearhead” during the company’s press event. The laser diodes are said to illuminate the road for a distance of up to 500 meters, with the high-beam having twice the light range and three times the luminosity of LED high-beam lights. The software can manage LED lights individually in order for oncoming cars to not be affected by the Sport quattro’s Laserlight system.
Furthermore, the hybrid car can deliver 113 mpg performance thanks to its hybrid bi-turbo 4-litre 552 hp engine combined with a 110kW electric motor. The Audi Sport Quattro Laserlight also features a smart cockpit that makes use of an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor to deliver 3D graphics on a high-resolution display when showing various information including speed dials, navigation maps and even media lists. Audi has partnered up with Google and other automakers to form the Open Automotive Alliance, which may bring Android features to future Android cars.
The following video shows how the light system of the Sport quattro Laserlight is supposed to work.
http://news.yahoo.com/video-audi-unv...205515816.html
Last edited by bagwell; 01-08-14 at 08:30 AM.
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This is a Message from Audi
Funk you!!!! Stop copying me, because Lazer is the last technology Human can Humanly possibly engineered to Lightings. Next move We will use QuanTum Beams.
So...Just Stop for Love sake
This is a Message from Audi
Funk you!!!! Stop copying me, because Lazer is the last technology Human can Humanly possibly engineered to Lightings. Next move We will use QuanTum Beams.
So...Just Stop for Love sake
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