Nokia has announced that its HERE Traffic platform will be available on select 2014 Mitsubishi models for those located in the United States, offering information on fuel prices, roads, and more. Nokia is promising that its service brings data on four times the number of roads than competing traffic platforms, doing so via HD Radio […]
Hyundai has been showing off a few show cars recently. The most recent one I mentioned was called Yellowcake and is designed to be a night time racecar. Hyundai has now announced that it will be building a zombie survival machine in conjunction with the incredibly popular show The Walking Dead. The vehicle was designed […]
So many people end up in car accidents every year. One of the common reasons was because the driver wasn’t paying enough attention. Some apparently can’t let go of their smartphones when they’re on the road, while others are too busy tinkering with their radios, or putting on makeup.
What drivers have to realize is that they have the obligation to be responsible on the road, because it’s not only their lives that they’re putting in harm’s way. Pedestrians, cyclists, other drivers and passengers of other cars are all put in danger because of one reckless driver’s actions.
With this in mind, Emotiv and the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia came up with what’s probably the world’s first “concentration-dependent” car. It comes with an EPOC neuroheadset developed by Emotiv that connects with custom software that’s installed on the car.
The headset measures the electrical activity in the driver’s brain to gauge their level of concentration. When the driver is distracted, the car automatically slows down to about 9mph to remind the driver to focus on the road. Aside from that, the car will only run at its full capacity when the system determines that the driver is truly concentrating on driving.
Pat Walker, who is RAC’s executive general manager, says: “The impact of inattention is now comparable to the number of deaths and serious injuries caused by speed and drink driving, which are all contributors to Western Australia consistently having the worst fatality rate of any Australian state. Nationally, it is estimated inattention was a factor in 46 percent of fatal crashes.”
I think this is a great idea and has the potential to change how people drive. What do you think?
[via C|NET]
Tesla‘s Elon Musk has commented publicly on the recent Model S fire that left one car partially destroyed and the company’s stock tumbling, detailing the exact cause of the issue and arguing that the EV is still far safer than traditional gas-powered vehicles. The startup made headlines earlier this week when an owner’s car in […]
Yesterday in a city near Seattle, Washington, a Tesla Model S vehicle caught fire on the side of the road, something that took firefighters awhile to extinguish, their efforts requiring them to cut through the front of the car with a circular saw in order to get adequate access to the battery. The blaze was […]
While in CEATEC/Japan, we took the opportunity to get a ride at small demo track inside the Makuhari convention center in Tokyo. The goal was to look at how the automated Nissan car would react to different road situations. Recently, the Japanese government has considered approving tests on the Japanese roads, so it is pretty exciting to see what these vehicles had evolved since last year. Nissan’s goal is to have a “multiple and affordable” autonomous cars by 2020. Given that Japanese automakers have always been great at bringing new technologies such as EV to the market, we should pay attention to what Nissan has to show. To put things in perspective, by “autonomous car”, Nissan really means that the driver will provide “less inputs” to the car, and that is very different from “no inputs”. (more…)
Nissan Autonomous Drive: Hands-On! original content from Ubergizmo. 
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KIA has confirmed plans to launch an all-electric version of its Soul city car, with the Soul EV set to hit forecourts sometime in 2014. Building on the 2014 Soul we drove last month, the eco-friendly model will eschew hybrid technology and go straight to battery power, though details on the exact power plant KIA […]
This fully automated drive-in food market held the promise of a leisurely, push-button future. But even people of the 1950s probably recognized it as a sleek re-imagining of a surprisingly retro idea.
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Hyundai has unveiled another show car that will be on display at SEMA in Las Vegas this November. The SEMA show runs November 5 or November 8 and this new show car is based on the Veloster Turbo. The car was dubbed “Yellowcake” and was created in cooperation with car customizer EGR. The EGR Night […]
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