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Honda Develops New Multi-View Vehicle Camera System to Provide View of Surrounding Areas

Honda Develops New Multi-View Vehicle Camera System to Provide View of Surrounding Areas

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Honda Motor announced that it has developed a multi-view camera system which displays views from multiple wide-angle CCD cameras on the vehicle’s navigation screen to reduce blind spots, support smooth parallel ...


A Toyota Motors engineer blows into the hand-held breathalyser and camera unit

Toyota developing anti-drunk driving gadget

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Toyota Motor said Monday it was developing anti-drunk driving equipment that would lock the ignition of a vehicle if high levels of alcohol are detected in the driver.


The sum of knowledge -- online and accessible, no less

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are creating new technology that could, ultimately, make accessible the sum of humankind's knowledge. Hundreds of organisations and millions of documents are already linked to this "United ...


Student Drivers -- Especially Males -- Think Hands-free Cell Phones are Safer

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Driver education classes should be teaching young drivers that all kinds of mobile phones, both conventional and hands-free, are a dangerous distraction, says a University at Buffalo researcher, who studies ...


Taming the vast -- and growing -- digital data-sphere

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are making an impressive effort to link up digital repositories to create a vast network of easy to search online data. The DRIVER project work - one of the largest efforts of its kind ...


Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car

AIDA Robot Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car. The project ...


Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections

Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places ...


Color sensors for better vision

Color sensors for better vision

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CMOS image sensors in special cameras -- as used for driver assistance systems -- mostly only provide monochrome images and have a limited sensitivity to light. Thanks to a new production process these sensors ...


NXP Sets New Benchmarks for LED Drivers

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NXP Semiconductors today announced three major developments in its portfolio of mains connected LED driver solutions: the success of its SSL2101 LED driver IC in matching LED lifetimes in an accelerated lifetime test; the ...


Administration takes aim at distracted driving

Technology / Other

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Driving while distracted is a growing peril in a nation reluctant to put down its cell phones and handheld devices even behind the wheel, the Obama administration declared on Wednesday. Officials said Congress and ...


Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities

Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 12, 2006 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (59) | comments 0

The next time you’re sipping a latte and surfing the Net at your favorite neighborhood wireless cafe, someone just a few seats away could be breaking into your laptop and causing irreparable damage to your ...


Rural roads dangerous for young drivers

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living in rural areas are more ...


Neuroscience in the driving seat

Neuroscience in the driving seat

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It emerged today that more drivers are using hand-held mobile phones than two years ago, despite the introduction of tougher penalties. The Transport Research Laboratory is worried because phone-using drivers ...


Ice core studies confirm accuracy of climate models

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (35) | comments 22

An analysis has been completed of the global carbon cycle and climate for a 70,000 year period in the most recent Ice Age, showing a remarkable correlation between carbon dioxide levels and surprisingly abrupt changes in ...


Find Local Rideshares Quickly via Mobile Phone

Find Local Rideshares Quickly via Mobile Phone

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In spite of rising energy prices, many car drivers in large cities still ride alone. The OpenRide mobile ridesharing service aims to save them money while reducing the amount of traffic and ...