Auto engineers know you don't have to reinvent the wheel to get better gas mileage.

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For that we can thank the meticulous work of the auto engineers who designed tempered glass windshields and padded dashboards.

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Aluminum is beginning to replace low-strength steel and how much more aluminum can be used in cars depends on auto engineers.

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Auto engineers and climate scientists say that to understand that, you have to realize that producing carbon dioxide is unavoidable if you want to use a modern engine to power your car.

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Computer modeling allows today's auto engineers to precisely design vehicles, engines and transmissions, down to the smallest detail, for maximum strength without having to repeatedly build and test actual components over and over along the way, said Quinnell.

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The second comes from the auto industry where, my interviewee told me, the balance between software and hardware engineers on any given infotainment project is now 50 software engineers to one hardware engineer.

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But credit will belong to a global constellation of digital entrepreneurs, and engineers at the likes of GM and Toyota, who compete to finally take the auto industry out of its 19th century roots.

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In addition, as the slim form factor fits in an 8.5mm x 8.5mm auto focus camera module with a height dimension of 6.0mm, the S5K3H2 gives design engineers a great deal of freedom in designing camera modules suitable for slim mobile handsets and small form factor applications.

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