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| Subject: Because of laws, new blind-spot car mirror, is expected to be sold only as an aftermarket product Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:58 pm | |
| Forget expensive high-tech warning systems: a US university has developed a “disco ball” mirror that can show you what’s hiding in your car’s blind-spot.
Some car makers charge thousands of dollars for high-tech (and error-prone) camera and sensor based blind-spot monitoring systems, but a US university has come up with a cheaper option – a mirror.
The Drexel University has patented a new blind spot mirror that it says can triple the driver’s field of view – from 15-17 degrees to 45 degrees – at the rear side of the car because of the way the mirror’s glass is curved.
The man behind the mirror, mathematics professor Dr R Andrew Hicks explains that the traditional driver’s side mirror offers a “very narrow” field of view.
http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/the-end-of-the-blindspot-20120618-20jkt.html |
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