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GM researches high-tech windshields to aid vision

By MARGARET HARDING , Associated Press Writer, Technology / Engineering
In an undated photo provided by General Motors Corp. a futuristic windshield that combines lasers infrared sensors and a camera to take whats happening on the road and enhance it is shown. Researchers are working on a windshield so aging drivers with ...
In an undated photo provided by General Motors Corp., a futuristic windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it is shown. Researchers are working on a windshield so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly. (AP Photo/General Motors)

(AP) -- When Coke bottle glasses just won't cut it for safe driving, a futuristic windshield might do the trick. General Motors Corp. researchers are working on a windshield that combines lasers, infrared sensors and a camera to take what's happening on the road and enhance it, so aging drivers with vision problems are able to see a little more clearly.




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