1960s Microbus is full of 21st-century technology; It even can ID by reading your palms.(Osram Opto Semiconductors supplies lighting systems to new Volkswagen Microbus)(Brief article)

Automotive News Europe,  November, 2006  by Moran, Tim

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Byline: Tim Moran

It's an updated Volkswagen 1964 Microbus, and it has a lot of fans.

Yes, there are many human fans, but also a lot of mechanical fans to cool high-tech batteries and light-emitting diodes.

The Chameleon demonstrator bus carries cutting-edge LED headlights and a 340-volt lithium polymer battery pack. It also has entertainment options that include a Sony "black screen" projector that can display video even in harsh daylight.

German lighting supplier Osram Opto Semiconductors unveiled the bus to the press last month at the headquarters of ...

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