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rused.'in suyof, auto Paint For" Most people, watching pint- dry is abiout as ex ting ýas' waiting for grass to grow. ý ut thatfs .not .the. case wiith Mitchell ,Winnik, professor of chemistry at ti. Universty ofToronto. Iii on. importantl#research are04 Winnikwhois lso jIincipaI investigator witii tii,-. Ontario, Centre-for, Materials Reseach,- uses lasers to sÉtudy 'how automotive paints dry Ws part of the. auo undustryrý' push ta o, velop more.,envi ron-- mnentally. frijendflys-, water-bse to "examinehow the" litie latex particlesfuse-togethe, i as explaining that -tii. 'molecules 'wigl lieworms acrom.s tie, (NO), At Lotus Enginee ini Britain,, researciiers arelearing ta 'fight fire with fire! Or, more accurately,' tiey're figiiting auoobile noise with noise - well, actually anti-noise. Groun Lotus, which is owned -by Gener alMôors, bas corne up with a way ta quiet .-- if not silence -- the. interior noise in cars Iproduced by amplified engin. vibration. The new techn10oloy uses micrécbips and nuiropones to interfacée of the coating."Pa Wunnik's work, on hwants -bond is bin conducted forthe'" Insitus fr CemialSciences & Technàog, a" consortium -of Canadia n comparues ýand unvers., Uniesi of Tornto -esearcbers are helping. manufacturers betterundersdana the. scienti9èc properties of paint. Such collaboration between acadeuc and industry isgann popularity in ,Ontario. Ti Ontario overnment encourages, tisatrend. Its, Ontario Centres of Excellence efocus on*.sween ý-key industrial research arme such as.' maiterials' research, and many government R & 'D -fimding, pr'ograma are -designed to help monitor unwanted interior nois anld- reproduée, an 'acoustic mirror image' of the. sound. The. anti-noise signal is then set, out tbrough the car's stereo sound system. Wiethis system effectively dampens -umwanted'noise, the sfignal itself is inaudible,- aand does not interfere witii music being played on the stereo system. The concept itself, iiowever, is bardly new. It's been around, since the. nid-1930s. Wiiatlisnew bring ascitia ad, business, tOwtilinmy departnent there are- at least 30ý interactÃ"ns witlii" business,"' asWnnk ht not s 1urprising,,conidering the'. ô patmnt con ai such "Iobeâ as Nobel lIaureateo, chemist Johne Polanyýl and&ais James Gufllet who ruade M*jor, breaktbhrougbs ii hotow glegradableplastics anid artificial' sdn for burn victims. ýApplied .research at.univer-, mitnes appeals to Ibuspinesses that nedhelp in une rstanding, the. funametal science behndý- technological processes required to develoÃŽp todayls new products. is the: applied use of secalizedý computer chips, caed digital ignal processors, that make it psible for Lotus ta,, develop a' hghtweight noise-muffling gpar that would only,,,add several hundred dllrs tô a ar's2 3price. Group Loôtus ýofficiaIs in England say it will'begun ta produce the. system commercially within the. next several pars, with selected ,GM passenger cars ta receive' the.new 'anti-noise system. Weslfalia: Home away fro'hm The1 Volkswag.n Westfalia bas been on tiie road for at least 20 yvars,-î in on. forai or siiother. And àtiie 1991 model is wortii a re-viit because, over tii. past 20 yasithas come a long way. Gonet i»the primitive ittle bammock-typo upper bunk. This bas been r.placed byr a full-widtii double b.d. .The canvas pop tap is s8611 tiier., but the. wiole roof raises easiy. When closed, this is a fIbreglass shel,. complete witii insulated, sound-deaenngroof lier. Ther.'sa two-litre, four- ciner Wengin.wbichi purrs 11. Pose angd kcsout itxre iiorspower than a 911 of a. few yemarsag. Gas mieg is excellent. Despite bigiiway speeds averagfing 100 ta 120 kpii, tiie Vanagon dlivered a respectably 12.2 litreWlOO0 km. ini tests conducted.by Camping Canada magazine. As for accomodation, tii. upper is a com2fortable, full double b.d. Staragpac le sabundant. Tables, botii for the. driver, front passenger and rear seat, fold out magneticall.The. tables store away as if'!ey bave disappeared. Both driver and front- passenger seats swivel at tii. pull of a lever. Ini the. kitchen, the. refrigeratar, althougii small ini appearancej keeps lice. This is true for boti the. propane and electrical systerus, and »eitiier on. holde a lot of groceres With a ffick of a switcb, tiie refrigerator converts from 12 volt to propane ta 110-volt AC. Tihe propane steve is neat and efficient and the. sinklstave unit is a -deigiit ini cean, 'modern Germai desgn. The Vanagon unit cornes ini a CL model, wiicii includes. an AM/FM sound system and power, loclca.,There' is. air conditioning and, for cold nîghti, tiier. is even: a secondary heater. Tii. Vanagon combines thi.roed maniera id andling of a ,ýt-Bidt.b" qth ~,the:capoê sne, and slid body construction ita is almoot truck-like. Its interior space is the. largest inis us class, and bas plenty of rooru for seven passengers and their luggage. s UMf When, getting away, the. Vanagon is a true iiome-away- fr-or-home, carrying four. adut, passengers, plus their séleeping berthes, and tiiere is sti over 1.4 cubic feet of cargospace. MiE R IZ.ZLERS i "rSALE 1 1 AD U IA. 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