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CR Looks at the Usefulness of Night Vision Tech in Cars
Night vision in luxury cars is nothing new; it’s been around since the early 2000s on Lexus and Mercedes models. Now, it’s been adopted by an even wider array of manufacturers who’ve also integrated new pedestrian and obstacle recognition tech into it for added capability.
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Study Discovers Which Five Pieces Of Tech People Want In New Cars
The folks at JD Power put a study together earlier this year in order to see how people felt about which pieces of new automotive technology. Strikingly, the second-most popular option was night vision, even if it’s by no means the most useful...
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Future Fords To Feature Crazy Camera-based Headlights
Ford is developing a promising new lighting tech which will make night-driving a lot safer for everyone. Read more »...
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Cr Demonstrates Pedestrian Detection And Self-braking System Capabilities Of Lexus Ls
Driver’s reticence towards entrusting their safety to a bunch of questionably reliable sensors is understandable. It is part of what keeps those who are developing the self-braking tech on their toes, beavering away night after night to make it...
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Mt Drives Bmw X5 Across L.a. Relying Solely On Night Vision Technology
One of the most interesting of the many available gadgets on the BMW X5 is the night vision system with pedestrian and animal detection. Using a FLIR heat detection camera instead of infrared beams, the system projects a real-time thermal image of the...
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New Video Of Bmw's Vision Ed Prototype Sports Car
At the end of last week, BMW informed us that its Vision EfficientDynamics [ED] green sports car concept would become a reality and be available for sale as early as 2013. Along with the announcement and the release of new photographic material, the...
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