Thursday, June 28, 2012

Future Fords Adapt and React To Driver Anxiety

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Cars are cutting you off on the highway. Your pulse quickens. You need to concentrate. What you really need is absolute silence—no phone calls, no music. In this kind of situation, a new stress-sensing system developed by Ford would shut down the distractions the moment driving becomes tense.

Using temperature and heart rate sensors mounted on the steering wheel, and a breathing rate monitor integrated into the seatbelt, Ford's system monitors the driver's vitals. Jeff Greenberg, from Ford Research & Innovation, explains why to Wired...

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