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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.
Though it's only in the research stage now, the technology soon will be more useful than ever.
The 65 and older population in the U.S. will nearly double in about 20 years, meaning more people will be struggling to see the road like they used to.
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They're struggling because they can't see over the dashboard.
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It's possible because of a transparent coating on the windshield that lights up when struck by ultraviolet light.(more)
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That's interesting...."on" the windshield. I would have thought it would be "in" the windshield. And GM doesn't make auto glass, so I wonder who they're partnering with on this?
Nonetheless, it's a good idea given the current state of the auto glass market (which I've been in for over 10+ years now). With rising deductibles turning the retail side into a cash market, I was wondering how the manufacturers were going to enhance the product any further. Opening up facilities in China has only driven the price down & allowed a bunch of "tailgaters" to enter the market on the retail side.
07-18-2008, 04:47 AM
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