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Making Cars and
Smart Phones Friendly
"I want to make sure your phone and car
aren't enemies," says Tejas Desai, head of
electronics for Continental ( conti-online.
com ). Just like the technology that allows
two Android smart phone users to share
data by tapping their phones together, Conti
deploys the near feld communication (NFC)
protocol; when a phone is brought into a car
an NFC reader instantly initiates a Bluetooth
connection. Desai's team also designed an
instrument cluster that displays things like
incoming calls and navigation, picking up the
information and apps from the phone. And
to make sure phone batteries remain charged,
Conti developed a wireless charger for the
center console. These prototypes could begin
to appear in production models in the next
few years, Desai says.
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