While I understand the team is pretty much set and you can’t throw your
While I understand the team is pretty much set and you can’t throw your current players under the bus heading into a season, it might have been a good idea to not question the team that went 18-1.Especially when you went and signed their top defensive player in the offseason. A player who was on the field during the drive that cost them that Super Bowl that the Patriots failed to deliver.In Philadelphia, many are thinking beyond the Donovan McNabb era, and some are even thinking past the Brian Westbrook era, both of which are coming to a close faster than the Eagles faithful want them to.While Reid has had more success than any other head coach in Eagles history, and makes a strong argument for being the greatest coach in the history of Philadelphia football, very few coaches get as many years to deliver a championship as Reid has.Based on Reid’s comments this offseason, what you see is what you get And so far, that hasn’t been good enough.. April 30 Seminar in Dearborn to Highlight the 1394 Auto Standard`s HighBandwidth, Flexible, Extensible, Benefits DALLAS–(Business Wire)–The 1394 Trade Association will sponsor an Automotive Technology Seminar April30, featuring presentations by industry leaders and the latest products andinnovations that are making 1394 Automotive the next global standard forin-vehicle networking. The seminar begins at 1 pm Thurs., April 30 at the Dearborn Inn Marriott.
Itwill provide the industry with a comprehensive view of the 1394 Automotivestandard and use cases for the vehicle. Topics to be covered include networkapplications; standards overview; interconnect system solutions; 1394 devicetechnology; software; testing/diagnostics; and a system overview. For moreinformation about how to attend visit http:// Registration will beavailable on site on the day of the seminar. “Auto manufacturers can’t afford multiple networks that will be obsolete in afew years after initial platform launch,” said Max Bassler, chairman of the 1394Trade Association. “They want a single customizable in-vehicle network that willallow multiple ECUs, including driver assistance, navigation, Internet use andhigh quality audio/video modules to communicate seamlessly.
Outside connectionsto the world will interact and communicate over the 1394 Auto in-vehiclenetwork.” Demos to Highlight Infotainment, Driver Assist Cameras, IP over 1394Four demonstration sections will highlight the one-day seminar. The first is acomprehensive infotainment demonstration of multiple A/V streams transportedthroughout a vehicle. The infotainment exhibit will include simultaneousstreaming of a camera, music player, and multiple DVDs. The bandwidth of thissystem can support navigation, Internet and web access, digital audio, multipleDVD players, personal music players and other consumer electronics devices. 1394Auto supports established content protection protocols and a wide range ofcompression technologies that enable security and maximum performance. A second demonstration will feature 1394 Auto’s driver assist capabilities, withfour fully-synchronized cameras streaming uncompressed video, enabling real-timesensing and display on front, rear and side angles. The driver assist demos willrun on the VersaPHY extension to the base 1394 standard, which is designed toenable simple, low-cost, automotive cameras.
It also includes bus analyzershowing bus utilization and demonstrating the availability of 1394 busdiagnostic equipment. A third display will showcase IP running over 1394, which can enable telematics,travel assistance, system updates, and diagnostics, with the ability to downloadvideo and audio content to the vehicle for storage and playback. Vehicleconnectivity displays how the network can use 3G, Wi-Fi, terrestrial and wiredoptions. A fourth group of demos will show two different automotive grade cabling systemsdemonstrating the ability to carry signal and power over the same cable,providing power to remote devices. In addition, the Trade Association will highlight ongoing projects and road mapobjectives, including standards for power over cable using 1394 specifications,and a 1394 Auto design guide featuring contributions from many member companies.The 1394 Trade Association is a worldwide organization dedicated to theadvancement of the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) standard. The 1394TA recently celebratedits 15th year of promoting 1394 and its one billionth 1394 port shipped.FireWire is used today in mass-market computer, entertainment, and professionalproducts, and in a wide range of specialty applications such as music, defense,aerospace, industrial, and robotics products For more information, visit. FireWire is a trademark of Apple, licensed to the 1394 Trade Association VersaPHY is a trademark of Quantum Parametrics Corporation Independent Public Relations AssociatesDick Davies, Copyright Business Wire 2009.
