40 years ago

Forty years have passed since Mercedes-Benz and Bosch presented the anti-lock braking system in Uterkheim, from 22nd to 25th of August 1978. Thus the ABS system was available as a world premiere in the then-new S-Class (model series 116) starting with the end of 1978. The system was especially fitted in the car to maintain steering even under emergency braking and avoid wheels locking. The system was developed by Mercedes-Benz and Bosch and it was introduced 40 years ago exactly, on the test track at the Daimler-Benz plant in Untertürkheim. A brochure from four decades ago explained the principle of the ABS:  “The anti-lock braking system uses a computer to monitor the change in rotational speed of each wheel during braking. If the speed slows too quickly (such as when braking on a slippery surface) and the wheel risks locking, the computer automatically reduces the brake pressure. The wheel accelerates again and the brake pressure is increased again, thereby braking … [Read more...] about The anti-lock braking system debuted 40 years ago with the S-Class

Matthew Dolan Detroit Free Press Published 9:05 p.m. UTC Jul 29, 2018 Not without my brother.  That's what Marisa Lesko shouted as Michigan State Trooper Harry Norman struggled to free the 3-year-old while her older brother was also trapped inside their burning car in Livonia nearly 40 years ago. Miraculously, Norman complied, extracting both young children at once before they all tumbled back into the wintry mix covering the busy freeway.  "I still remember the cold slush on my back and legs," Norman recalled Sunday. "My face and hands were burned." Norman pieced together his memories of the daring rescue for the first time before nearly all of the survivors - mother Alicia Van Pelt, son Andy Lesko, sister Marisa, (now Marisa Downs) and brother William - at a reunion brunch at the Detroit Yacht Club on Belle Isle. A fourth sibling was unable to make the occasion. It was an intimate, heartfelt event to honor Norman, who arrived from … [Read more...] about Family thanks the trooper who saved them nearly 40 years ago

Associated Press Published 12:44 p.m. UTC Jul 14, 2018 New York – A painting by the modernist master Robert Motherwell that disappeared from a New York warehouse in 1978 and was presumed stolen has been returned after 40 years, federal law enforcement officials announced. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman unveiled the 1967 painting, “Untitled,” at a Manhattan news conference on Thursday where he was joined by FBI officials who helped return the artwork. The 69-by-92 inch painting was one of several dozen that went missing at some point in 1978 from a warehouse where they were being stored. Authorities said the painting was found last year in a garage in upstate New York by the son of a man who worked for the moving and storage company that Motherwell had hired. The New York Times reports that the man was helping his mother sort through some belongings when he noticed the artist’s name on the back of the orange, crimson, blue and black canvas. The man searched … [Read more...] about Painting stolen 40 years ago is returned