Neat new suspension by Bose
01-20-2005, 12:04 AM
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Neat new suspension by Bose
http://automobilemag.com/news/0410_bose/
There is a video on the page. Sounds interesting
Some info on Bose's website
http://qualitysound.bose.com/pg/lear..._challenge.jsp
The more I read, the more I think this is pretty remarkable.
There is a video on the bose website called demo course on the right hand side, it is perhaps the most impressive video.
There is a video on the page. Sounds interesting
Some info on Bose's website
http://qualitysound.bose.com/pg/lear..._challenge.jsp
The more I read, the more I think this is pretty remarkable.
There is a video on the bose website called demo course on the right hand side, it is perhaps the most impressive video.
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01-20-2005, 08:30 AM
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I read about that several months ago. It's pretty cool to use EM to control damping and spring rates. I think this far precedes magneto-rheological fluid filled shocks.
01-20-2005, 09:38 AM
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Bose, the company that makes overrated speakers now makes suspensions? <gasp>
EDIT: after reading the article and watching that video, I'm not even angry...I'm actually impressed!
EDIT: after reading the article and watching that video, I'm not even angry...I'm actually impressed!
01-20-2005, 09:56 AM
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well those "overrated" speakers are in your rx-8..lol i for one think Bose is a really good company..i hope these are the real deal and come out standard on cars soon.
01-20-2005, 10:02 AM
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From one of the articles I read, it sounds like they might be on production cars within 5 years maybe. Thing is, they are probably going to sell the tech to one car company. As well, apparently any car these are equipped too will be $$$$$$$$$.
01-20-2005, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rx8pilot
well those "overrated" speakers are in your rx-8..lol i for one think Bose is a really good company.
01-20-2005, 10:14 AM
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That suspension is gonna destroy fuel efficiency. I think it is gonna have tough time making it.
Why? if you read something please post i'd be interested
01-20-2005, 06:14 PM
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The company was started by a Professor at MIT named Bose. He pours 100% of earnings back into the company. Apparently he and various ultra smart students had been working on this for over 20 years. The idea came up in one of his classes. They do a lot of different work apparently.
Behind it all is Dr. Bose's lifelong fascination with air and hydraulic suspensions, which grew from a Pontiac he bought in 1957, to a Citroen he bought in Paris in 1967, to finally formalizing suspension research at BOSE in 1980. "I gave that Citroen suspension system as a quiz in acoustics to my students," Dr. Bose says. "The same mathematic principles apply."
01-20-2005, 07:48 PM
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You will be surprised at what companies can do with their core competencies. If you think more broadly, many of the technologies developed at companies can have broad applications.
01-20-2005, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
What
Why? if you read something please post i'd be interested
Why? if you read something please post i'd be interested
01-20-2005, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by babylou
That suspension consumes several horsepower worth of electricity. Continuosly. I bet this thing costs 3 mpg.
01-21-2005, 08:44 AM
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Well, when you think about it, the suspension is run by electronics, so it must consume energy from somewhere. Unfortunately, the 1st Law doesn't allow us to harness energy from nowhere, which doesn't explain Fullmetal Alchemist. I'm sure Bose is aware about this minor flaw, and hopefully they can build a suspension that doesn't absorb as much energy as it should.
01-21-2005, 08:50 AM
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Well duh :p
I just wondered if he read it somewhere. He said it consumes several horspower, not that he thinks it would.
Anyone know how much power caddies magnetic ride uses?
I just wondered if he read it somewhere. He said it consumes several horspower, not that he thinks it would.
Anyone know how much power caddies magnetic ride uses?
01-21-2005, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
Where did you read that?, I didn't see that
01-22-2005, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by rx8pilot
well those "overrated" speakers are in your rx-8..lol i for one think Bose is a really good company..i hope these are the real deal and come out standard on cars soon.
-their is a reason Bose has a nickname of Blose
-their is a reason their marketing/ad dept. has a bigger budget then R & D dept.
Most overated POS they sell...those mini-cube speakers, $1000 for 5 speakers the size of a jar of vaseline? spatially incompetent speakers
