![]() We will debut the video of the ARWave project demo that brings together augmented reality, geolocation, and wave federation (more details later in this post). And, Jeremy will bring to our presentation some augmentations on his recent brilliant work and paper, “Writing Within the Map.†Jeremy Hight will be part of our panel: The Next Wave of AR: Exploring Social Augmented Experiences, with Anselm Hook, Joe Lamantia, Sophia Parafina and myself.  His essay “Narrative Archaeology†was named one of the 4 primary texts in Locative Media. The photo above is by Jeremy and Lisa Hight. Jeremy Hight is an information designer, theorist and artist working in Augmented Reality and Locative Media. Old design coil with catch mechanism producing “snap” New design coil with HV bush in coil and contact spring.Where 2.0 is going to be epic this year (see my interview with Brady Forrest here), and it is so exciting to be part of it. Location technologies and augmented reality are annointed rulers now. Time Magazine recognized augmented reality as one of its 10 Tech Trends for 2010 (for more see ReadWriteWeb). ![]() Bosch and BMW have also used this newer connector design in hundreds of thousands of OE BMW coils in recent years with no performance problems or other issues. Aesthetically the change of the collar/housing around the coil body from a metallic to a plastic housing, and the spark plug connector are obvious improvements for the appearance of this coil body and provides improvements in fit, form and function as intended by BMW. In other words, the original design actually gripped the spark plug tip and felt more secure whereas the new design uses a contact spring on the spark plug tip and this design may not feel like the connector is gripping the spark plug – but in reality it does the job just as well or better than the old design. This new design does, however, provide better coil performance at the spark plug connection point, which was the area that concerned some technicians. With the newly-designed coil, the customary “snap” is no longer heard nor is it an indication that the coil has been properly installed. In reality the ignition coil is held in 2 places: 1) by the rubber boot that slips over the ceramic part of the spark plug, and 2) by the sealing lips at the upper end of the coil. Some technicians thought that the coil was held in place by a connection between the contact bolt of the spark plug and contact inside the coil, and that this “snap” must always be heard. The absence of that sound has raised some concern of a design fault that could cause the unit to fail prematurely causing engine misfire or other issues. ![]() With the newly-designed coil, the customary “snap” previously heard with the old design – giving an indication that the coil had been properly installed – is no longer present. If you’ve tried to install one of the newly-redesigned Bosch coils for BMWs, part numbers 0 221 504 464/00124 and 0 221 504 470/00044, you may have wondered why the part did not “snap” into place. ![]()
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