Origo steering wheel a German Design Award winner

The Origo Steering Wheel concept has received recognition from the German Design Awards council for outstanding design quality. The project was chosen as a Winner in the category of Excellent Product Design – Human-Machine Interface. German Design Awards is one of the world’s most highly renowned design competitions. High standards are assured by an international …

Origo concept by MIVI in Business Finland webinar

The Origo steering wheel concept by MIVI was the highlight of a recent Invest In Finland webinar, arranged by Business Finland to promote Finnish automotive research globally. Many top-tier automotive movers and shakers attended the show. The webinar featured several MIVI members discussing the various elements of Origo, as well presenting the project in general. …

Recent papers

Check out some research papers published by our project staff:https://mivi.info/publications/ The papers include novel solutions for haptics, measuring driver distraction, providing navigational cues in seats, mid-air ultrasonic haptics, and others. They have been published in top journals and conferences by the likes of ACM, IEEE. Most papers are available through links in the list. Enjoy.

Origo steering wheel concept by MIVI companies

MIVI companies created a novel steering wheel concept called Origo. It features unique technologies that enable smartphone-like touch interaction with dynamic information displays. Carbon Nanobud (CNB) 3D touch sensors, TactoTek Molded Structural Electronics (IMSE), Rightware Kanzi platform and Siili Auto UIs come together in a prototype that will be used in MIVI to study novel …

MIVI project topics featured in media

MIVI project has been featured in media. For instance, our staff members were interviewed by Aamulehti 30.11.2019 with heading (in Finnish): “Auto tunnistaa kohta kuljettajan katseen ja värisyttää penkkiä takapuolen alla – älylaitteilla toimivat autot voivat olla koeajossa jo ensi vuonna”

Tampere University starts research collaboration with companies creating user interfaces of future cars

Press release from Tampere University 30/10/2019 Tampere University is leading a ground-breaking project that explores the user interfaces (UI) of future cars. Today’s cars have already become computers with wheels and this trend will continue at full pace. Car manufacturers are developing new information technologies and ways to present the driver with different types of …