Business View Magazine | July 2022

10 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7 To steer, infrared cameras mounted on the dashboard detect Schmidt’s head motions – he looks left to steer the car left and right to steer right. To accelerate and brake Schmidt uses his breath, inhaling and exhaling through a ‘sip- and-puff’ device. Schmidt is a racing driver, once again. Arrow designed another technology to improve Schmidt’s mobility – the Arrow SAM Suit. A collaboration between Arrow and robotic engineering researchers at Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.), the SAM Suit advances current exoskeleton technology with extensions to support Schmidt’s torso and arms, as well as his lower extremities. The SAM Suit is part of the technology approach used to develop the Arrow SAM Car, demonstrating how technology can provide freedom and choice to people with disabilities. The Goodwood Festival of Speed, presented by Mastercard, is an annual motorsport event held in the grounds of Goodwood House in the South of England, and is organized by Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond. The event has taken place since 1993 and combines current, historic and future elements of motorsports and motor racing. About Arrow Electronics Arrow Electronics, based in Centennial, Colorado, guides innovation forward for over 220,000 leading technology manufacturers and service providers. With 2021 sales of $34 billion, Arrow develops technology solutions that improve business and daily life. Learn more at fiveyearsout.com. Arrow engineers created a smart, connected vehicle that he can operate safely and independently using head and mouth controls and voice commands Arrow SAM Car competing in Hillclimb at Goodwood Festival of Speed (Photo: Business Wire)