Monday, 12 October 2015

The microoptic lenses behind BMW's Welcome Light Carpet



For the late-night reveler, the new BMW 7 Series has a feature that makes the walk through the carpark a bit less frustrating. At the press of a key fob, the Welcome Light Carpet lighting system shines a striped pattern of light on the ground to guide motorists back to their car thanks to a system of microoptic lenses developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering.

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