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RPM to EPM: User-Centric Experiences Arrive in Mobility

With an action-packed Mobile World Congress behind us, HARMAN continued the momentum by revealing a range of breakthrough in-car audio and infotainment experiences at the Geneva International Motor Show 2019. At this event in Switzerland, HARMAN’s...




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HARMAN Delivers Next-Generation Infotainment, Cybersecurity and OTA Solutions for Great Wall Motor Company

Shanghai Auto Show 2019 – SHANGHAI – April 16, 2019 – HARMAN , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced a continued partnership with the...




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HARMAN Ushers in the Future of Mobility at Auto Shanghai 2019

For eight consecutive days beginning on April 18th, the world’s largest motor show attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors from the automotive world. With China becoming a leading market for electromobility, autonomous driving and connected car...




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Amplifying the Connected Driving Experience with the Cloud

Cloud technology, big data and artificial intelligence are empowering automakers to create in-car experiences that rival the at-home experience for end users. Automakers themselves can leverage these technologies over time to consistently and ...




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The 2025 User Experience: Predictions for the Future of Personalized Technology

History is witness to the many scientific leaders and technology visionaries who all tried to predict what innovations will exist in the future. While not all predictions come to fruition, others were not so far off. We may not have flying cars like The...




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Connectivity & ADAS: Two Foundational Components for High Level Automotive Autonomy

While the automotive industry is taking great strides to make a truly autonomous future a reality, there is still a long way to go before fully autonomous vehicles are on our roads. In the meantime, automakers and technology suppliers are developing...




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HARMAN and Spotify Collaborate to Usher In New Generation of Automotive Streaming Experience

STAMFORD, Conn. –  SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 – HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced a new automotive partnership with...




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The Driving Forces for Increased Quality Assurance in the Automotive Industry

It’s evident that the automotive industry has come a long way since the creation of the first moving assembly line in 1913. In today’s age, the advent of connected and self-driven cars has unleashed unheard-of levels of autonomy. While the fast paced...




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Quality 2020: Problem Solving to Connect People, Processes, and Technology

In business and in life, measuring progress is a crucial step to staying on track and achieving your goals. After all, how can you determine how far you’ve come without looking back to where you began? As HARMAN continues to celebrate World Quality...




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Showcasing the Safety Benefits of V2X Technologies with 5GAA in Turin, Italy

Analysts are forecasting that 250 million connected cars will be on the road as early as 2020. At the same time, the magnitude of data transfers between these cars and their environment will only continue to grow. The automotive industry is at a tipping...




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A Backstage Pass with Christopher Dragon: Creating that HARMAN Experience at the World's Largest Technology Show

A Backstage Pass with Christopher Dragon: Creating that HARMAN Experience at the World's Largest Technology Show Around the world, many companies are preparing to close out the year, but for HARMAN, it’s time to head to Las Vegas once again for the...




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HARMAN introduces RCP, expands its Remote Patient Monitoring and Elderly Care offering powered by Intel

STAMFORD, CT –  January 16, 2020 –  HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced HARMAN RCP, a remote patient...




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HARMAN enters into a global partnership with Roche to develop a digital therapeutic technology for individuals living with autism

STAMFORD, CT – May 4, 2020 – HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, announced today that it has entered into a multi-year, global partnership...




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Why almost everyone believes in an afterlife – even atheists

Most people hold curiously similar ideas about life after death, suggesting there is more to it than religion, fear or an inability to imagine not existing




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Exotic super magnets could shake up medicine, cosmology and computing

Their unique blend of electric and magnetic properties was long thought impossible. Now multiferroics are shaking up fields from dark matter hunting to finding cancer




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Naomi Oreskes: Turn your anger at science denial into political action

Rejection of science is rampant, but scientists can do better at countering doubt and there are grounds for optimism every day, says Naomi Oreskes, author of Why Trust Science?




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Why the medicine you take could actually be bad for your health

Rushing medicines to market is supposed to help people in need. But relying on lower standards of evidence may ultimately cause more harm than good.




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The universe tends towards disorder. But how come nobody knows why?

Entropy is the physicist’s magic word, invoked to answer to some of the biggest questions in cosmology. Yet a quantum rethink may be needed to tell us what it actually is




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We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?

Tiny particles of plastic are in our food, water and even the air we breathe. We investigate the impact they have inside our bodies




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In the quantum world, uncertainty reigns – or is it all in the mind?

Schrödinger's dead-and-alive cat embodies the uncertainty of the quantum world. But whether parallel realities truly exist is a question less of science than belief




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Think you understand how evolution works? You're probably wrong

A common misconception is that evolution naturally selects for biological complexity, eventually creating advanced organisms like us. That couldn't be further from the truth




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Why information could be our route to the universe’s deepest secrets

Physicists are finally getting their heads round what information truly is – and using it to gain new insights into life, the universe and, well… everything




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Who do you think you are? Why your sense of self is an illusion

Most of us are convinced that we're coherent individuals who are continuous in time. There's just one problem with this sense of self – it can’t exist




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Big bang retold: The weird twists in the story of the universe's birth

It certainly wasn’t big, and probably didn’t bang – and the surprises in the conventional story of the universe's origins don’t end there




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Firms and governments use the internet to spy on us. Should we care?

Our increased reliance on the internet and smart tech means we are watched more than ever before. Is that something to fight – or is our concept of privacy just outdated?




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D’oh! Why human beings aren’t as intelligent as we think

Human attempts to define intelligence are largely motivated by a desire to prove we have more of it – but a look at the world around us suggests a different story




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No more goody two shoes: Why true altruism can’t exist

If only the fittest survive, why do good deeds for no return? The enduring mystery of altruism goes to the heart of how evolution does – and doesn't – work




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Why it’s time to call time on the ‘nature vs nurture’ debate

How much of our make-up is predetermined by our genes, and how much by our environment? The truth is that we're asking entirely the wrong question




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Dark energy: Understanding the mystery force that rules the universe

Dark energy dominates the universe, and could lead it to a cold, bleak end. But that's not to say we have much clue what it is or how it works




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A spotter's guide to the Milky Way's most badly behaved stars

There are around a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way, and most are rather humdrum – but the oddballs are so strange that they challenge our understanding of physics




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Frankincense is a holiday favourite, but its future is under threat

It has been a prized commodity for millennia – but a cocktail of conflict, poverty and burgeoning demand is putting frankincense under pressure




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Octopuses were thought to be solitary until a social species turned up

The discovery of a species of octopus that lives in groups and mates face-to-face is changing our thinking about what cephalopods are capable of




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France loves them, the US hates them. Why do roundabouts divide us?

They’re safer than other kinds of road junction, require less energy for lights and result in less pollution from vehicles. But will they ever conquer the world?




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Could vacuum airships go from steampunk fantasy to 21st century skies?

First imagined in the 17th century, blimps borne aloft by nothing but nothing are finally ready for lift off, carrying goods and even passengers in gondolas in the clouds




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The sparkling history of tonic, from medical miracle to G&T essential

The story of how gin and tonic came together fizzes with adventure, discovery, imperial ambition, biopiracy and a generous splash of fake news




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Time for change? Why the UK would be better off with a £1.75 coin

Pennies and cents clog up wallets and pockets. Cold, hard mathematics proves it's time to ditch the shrapnel in favour of a new denomination




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Why dogs could hold the secret to longer, healthier human lives

Our best shot at understanding and even reversing human ageing will come not from studying ourselves, but from 10,000 of our canine companions




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Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

The universe’s most common element could also be its most wondrous. Two different groups of researchers say they've made it - but can either claim withstand scrutiny?




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Going vegan for January? Find out how much difference it really makes

Millions of people will try a vegan diet this month for Veganuary. But can short-term or part-time vegans really reap health and environmental benefits? New Scientist put it to the test




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How to breathe your way to better memory and sleep

More than half of us breathe the wrong way, missing out on many benefits from better health to altered consciousness. Here's how to do it right




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Discover how to sit to dodge the dangers of inactivity

Inactivity is the new smoking and is linked to heart disease and cancer, but we can learn from kids and modern hunter-gatherers to make sitting less dangerous




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Eating more slowly and dining with others can boost your health

From the mealtimes you keep and the speed at which you eat to your choice of dining companions, how you eat has a big impact on your health and waistline




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Why walking your way to better health isn't all about step counting

Changing your footwear could be kind to your knees, a different gait could lift your mood, but the real secret of successful walking is even simpler




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The zombie world of viruses could hold the key to evolution itself

Notorious for making us sick, viruses are weird, undead organisms – but new insights are revealing they may have created life's glorious complexity in the first place




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Relaxing relieves stress. Here’s the best way to do it

We all need to chill out to reduce our stress levels but does watching TV count? What about running? And what’s the best form of micro-relaxation?




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Planting a trillion trees really can help us fight climate change

A trillion new trees isn’t the only climate solution, but it is the cheapest and it would make a huge difference if we do it right, says ecologist Tom Crowther




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We tested the squatty potty to find the best toilet pose

Is toilet squatting really better than just sitting, or are the supposed benefits of a squatty potty just the fantasy of a rainbow-pooping unicorn?




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Trypophobia: Why a fear of holes is real – and may be on the rise

Some people have a visceral fear-like reaction to the holes in sponges, Swiss cheese or seed pods. Known as trypophobia, this response is increasingly common but isn’t what it seems




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In the quantum realm, cause doesn’t necessarily come before effect

In everyday life, causes always precede effects. But new experiments suggests that no such restriction applies in the quantum world




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The epic ocean journey that took Stone Age people to Australia

Some 65,000 years ago, early humans washed up on the lost continent of Sahul, which contained Australia. Now clues hint it was no accident but rather the first great maritime expedition