Smart Windshields
General Motors has been developing a new windshield technology that uses lasers, infrared sensors and cameras to enhance features of the road.1
The technology is designed to help aging drivers and drivers with vision impairments better identify obstacles in order to avoid accidents.1
Fast Facts
- Under development from General Motors1
- Uses lasers, infrared sensors and cameras1
- Intended to aid aging drivers and those with vision impairments1
- Does not enhance all obstacles or road features
- Instead, focuses on immediate and critical upcoming dangers
- Attempts to be helpful but not distracting1
- 12.4 percent of the population is 65 or older1
- By 2030, 20 percent of the population will be 65 or older1
- Chrysler is also working on a similar technology
Quotes
"They say, 'That would be very frustrating or confusing, to have things on my windshield. I need to see the world...I'm enhancing the world. I'll take a feature that should be important to you, like the edge of the road, and paint a line over the real edge."—Thomas Seder, Researcher for General Motors1
"The boomer population has grown up with technology and is comfortable with technology...our research shows a willingness to adopt technology to make life easier. It seems like a logical extension of the boomer lifestyle to include technology that makes them safer on the road."—Nancy Thompson, AARP spokeswoman1
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