Automatic

IED Period 1

Bailey Leathers & Shayla Loffler

What is Automatic? Connects with smartphone app Plugs into most cars “Smart Driving Assistant”

Origination Developed in Automatic Labs; San

Francisco, California 10.17.2013: First released as Accident

Alert System Primarily made of plastic and metal

Improvements 10.17.13: Navigation 10.17.13: Helps improve fuel economy 10.17.13: Referral system and service 04.10.14: Reviews travel trips 04.17.14: View diagnostic information 04.17.14: Reputation system based on

driving behavior

Engineering Discipline/ Global Impact Electronic Engineering

Improves car driving experience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OnHsKU84fg

Sources Automatic: Your Smart Driving Assistant. (n.d.). Retrieved August

29, 2014. https://www.automatic.com/

The CNN 10: Inventions. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2014. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/11/tech/cnn10-inventions/

Automatic Labs Automatic review - CNET. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2014. http://www.cnet.com/products/automatic-labs-automatic/

Automatic Labs continues retail ramp up, selling its quantified-car device on Amazon. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2014. http://gigaom.com/2013/11/25/automatic-labs-continues-retail-ramp-up-selling-its-quantified-car-device-on-amazon/

Automatic Labs, Inc. (n.d.). Retrieved August 29, 2014. http://www.faqs.org/patents/assignee/automatic-labs-inc/