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In 1991, exterior electrochromic mirrors were added to the Gentex product line. These mirrors operate on the same principle as the interior mirrors. [8] In 1997 the geometry of the mirror's surface was adapted to create spherically curved glass with the goals of eliminating blind spots and offering an expanded field of view. [15]
A wide variety of special light fixtures are created for use in the automotive lighting industry, aerospace, marine and medicine sectors. [2] [3] Portable light fixtures are often called lamps, as in table lamp or desk lamp. In technical terminology, the lamp is the light source, which, in casual terminology, is called the light bulb.
Auto-yokes" are often promoted as a way to modernize and increase the flexibility of an inventory of lighting fixtures at a reduced cost to replacement with intelligent lights. Generally, moving mirrors are faster at adjusting a lights position than moving head fixtures; however, moving-heads-style fixtures have a far larger total range of ...
Mercedes-Benz introduced side turn signal repeaters integrated into the side-view mirrors in 1998, starting with its facelifted E-Class (W210). [citation needed] Since then, many automakers have been incorporating side turn signal devices into the mirror housings rather than mounting them on the vehicle's fenders. Some evidence suggests that ...
In geometry, the mirror image of an object or two-dimensional figure is the virtual image formed by reflection in a plane mirror; it is of the same size as the original object, yet different, unless the object or figure has reflection symmetry (also known as a P-symmetry).
A snowplow clears snow from a road, as a winter storm hits the Midwest, in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., January 5, 2025, in this still image obtained from video.
Prince Harry is sending some holiday love to bereaved military children.. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the Duke of Sussex, 40, joined a virtual Christmas party for 280 children and young people who have ...
The mirrors, referred to as "girandoles" or "girandole mirrors", have projecting curved arms for holding candles and were designed to created a pleasantly distorted reflections of the rooms they were in. [31] These became popular in the Federal period (1790 to 1830) in the United States, where the mirrors were often topped with an eagle finial.