newscientisttech.com— A car that can anticipate a side-on impact and subtly alter its body shape to absorb the force of the crash is being developed by researchers in Germany.
May 10, 2006View in Crawl 4
"Once it realises an impact is imminent it will activate a shape-shifting metal in the door. This reinforces the bond between door and frame, which is normally a weak spot, and distributes the force of the blow more safely."Why reinforce the frame just before collision, and not at design time?
Every car should have a gps and wi-fi system on it. It could than report its location, speed and direction of travel to every car within say 100 feet of it. The cars than could determine between themselves which one should brake and which one should continue to avoid any collision.
Everyone needs to drive a '69 Dodge Charger. It's got the door bonding technology built in. As well as a SWEET air horn and the ability to outrun dimwitted policemen while saving the day for all the citizens of Hazzard County.
heffer2k02May 11, 2006
"Once it realises an impact is imminent it will activate a shape-shifting metal in the door. This reinforces the bond between door and frame, which is normally a weak spot, and distributes the force of the blow more safely."Why reinforce the frame just before collision, and not at design time?
osjprMay 11, 2006
I'd rather see a hud on the windscreen with all sorts of cool info like tracking surrounding vehicles etc... or auto-pilot cars!
rickthebrickMay 11, 2006
Every car should have a gps and wi-fi system on it. It could than report its location, speed and direction of travel to every car within say 100 feet of it. The cars than could determine between themselves which one should brake and which one should continue to avoid any collision.
rasterbatorMay 11, 2006
Is there a manual override button?
m00nmasterMay 11, 2006
Everyone needs to drive a '69 Dodge Charger. It's got the door bonding technology built in. As well as a SWEET air horn and the ability to outrun dimwitted policemen while saving the day for all the citizens of Hazzard County.
Closed AccountMay 12, 2006
why not just shape it that way to begin with?