Let ’s say you ’re flying down the road at inadvisably mellow speeds , number to some strain , and having a grand former fourth dimension . And then , Mr. Sun just go on to glint out from behind a upstage building / mountain / hill and punches you flat in the rod - dang heart . You ’re blinded by the light . Whatchu gon na do ?
Well step one is to hopefully not run yourself off the road and dice , anda steering wheelbeing project by Eelke Folmer and Burkay Sucu at the University of Reno in Nevada could help with that . The idea of using vibration in steering wheels to help guide drivers from point A to point B has been floating around for a while , but this loop is more about go on you from getting fall behind straight into a tree .
Using shakiness tune up to 275 hertz ( a frequency that ’s perfect for human hands ) the wheel would vibrate on the left and right sides to palaver you between the line of credit . It would n’t just do this on its own , of course . The action mechanism would be triggered by some sort of light sensor that ’d opine when you ’re blinded , and the shakiness would be guided by some of the same tech that ’s used to keep self - driving railcar on the route .
So far the tech has fare well in testing ; it ’s just a matter of making sure the vibrators are appropriately place and that there are enough of them . Personally I ’m holding out for car that can just get themselves , blinding light or no , but I guess this would n’t be a bad mid - step to keep me active until then . [ New Scientist ]
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