Driving simulator

See It, Hear It, Feel It

DEARBORN, Mich., April 17 – Researchers at Ford’s advanced driving simulator, Virtual Test Track Experiment (VIRTTEX), are devoting much of 2008 to study how active safety technologies in vehicles should alert drivers of potentially dangerous driving incidents.

Highlights:
* Ford researchers commit VIRTTEX advanced driving simulator to study drivers’ responses to various active safety systems and warnings
* Research centers on audible, visual and tactile warnings
* Customer preference drives active technologies such as Ford’s new Cross Traffic Alert with Blind Spot Monitoring
* Collision Mitigation by Braking is expected to be an important safety development in the next five years

The Ford Motor Company Fund is hosting 300 teens at its state-of-the-art test track facility in Dearborn this week for a safe-driving seminar

DEARBORN, Mich., April 10 – The Ford Motor Company Fund is hosting 300 teens at its state-of-the-art test track facility in Dearborn this week for a safe-driving seminar with one goal – help younger drivers improve key driving skills that Ford research shows can dramatically reduce motor vehicle accidents.

Highlights:
* Ford driving simulator research helps shape teen safe driving program and guidelines for voice operation of Ford SYNC™ cell phone commands.
* Vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teenagers, with more than 6,000 young lives lost on American roads annually.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire - FirstCall/ -- MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:MTSC) today announced that it has completed the development and installation of the Motion System for the new Toyota Motor Corporation world-class driving simulator located at the Higashifuji Technical Center in Shizuoka, Japan. The driving simulator includes the MTS motion mechanisms, controls and control software that provides scalable motion performance and response measurement. MTS was awarded this multimillion dollar project in 2005.