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Nissan to demonstrate worlds first Back-up Collision Prevention prototype vehicle

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2008-11-11 08:10:09 by dhiram in Fareastgizmos.com
...Collision Free prototype vehicle - complete with two all-new accident avoidance technologies- at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), to be held at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Center, from Nov. 16 20.This is the first time the "All-Around Collision Free" prototype will be displayed in the United States and the...
 
Tags: prototype vehicle, prototype, vehicle, lane, back-up collision prevention, lane position, collision prevention, original lane, lane departure prevention
 
 
 
 
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Nissan shows off two more collision avoidance prototypes

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2008-08-07 20:43:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Collision Prevention and Back-up Collision Prevention, fit into the auto maker's Safety Shield concept to "help protect the vehicle and its occupants from potential risks coming from multiple directions." As for the first, the tech utilizes side-mounted sensors to activate a warning if an approaching vehicle is detected in the drivers...
 
Tags: collision, back-up collision prevention, collision prevention, potential collision, safety shield concept, brake control, individual wheels, insurance bills, previous efforts
 
 
 
 
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Radar car collision system

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2008-02-17 16:25:28 by Edwin in Coolest Gadgets
...collision prevention technologies have been put to the test by British Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre Thatcham, and I am happy to say that the trio were successful when it came to mitigating and preventing low speed collisions. These new technologies are the Volvo City Safety, Mercedes Distronic Plus, and Honda CMBS that utilize radar...
 
Tags: radar, speed, tie fighters speed, laser radar, slow speed accidents, radar systems, car, low speed collisions, mercedes distronic
 
 
 
 
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LHC First Beam Test Image, All Systems Go for First Collision Event [Lhc]

2008-09-10 08:45:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
 
...collision experiment, which will come later in the year This time they only steered the particles around the full 16.7-mile circumference of the underground facility. Nevertheless, the personnel involved in the test cheered in ecstasy as the multi-billion-dollar facility actually demonstrated that it was fully armed and operational Its a...
 
Tags: 0428h eastern time, time, image, facility, heads-on collision, heads-on collision experiment, cern, cern scientists, underground facility
 
 
 
 
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Volvo, Mercedes and Honda get tested for collision prevention, everybody's a winner

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2008-02-18 10:13:00 by Paul Miller in Engadget
...collision prevention technologies actually work? The British Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre Thatcham seems to think so. BMIRPCT took a long hard look at Volvo City Safety , Mercedes Distronic Plus and Honda CMBS, and decided the technologies will have a major impact on slow speed accidents -- which account for 75% of accidents as it...
 
Tags: technologies, accidents, collision prevention technologies, slow speed accidents, volvo city safety, honda cmbs, major impact, hands-free drive, mercedes distronic
 
 
 
 
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Nissan Collision Avoidance System Inspired By Bees

2008-09-30 08:37:21 by Jonathan Kimak in OhGizmo!
 
...collision avoidance system for cars. Their goal is to reduce the current amount of car crashes in half by 2015 Autoblog ] VIA [ Engadget
 
Tags: nissan, bees, nissan bumblebee, bumblebee car, car manufacturer nissan, bees compound eyes, laser range finder, 180-degree radius, detect obstacles
 
 
 
 
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Toyota develops rear-collision airbag

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2008-10-02 03:02:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...collision airbags into its Japan-only iQ minicar. The bags are designed to protect rear seat passengers, and inflate from above the rear window to blanket your noggin and reduce impact force to the head by half. The new system will be installed in iQ's by the end of the year, no word on whether it'll come to the States anytime soon. Read |...
 
Tags: rear-collision airbags, airbags, reduce impact force, toyota, rear window, half, japan-only, system, hip
 
 
 
 
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Declassified UFO Files Reveal Military Engagement, Near-Collision [Military Secrets]

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2008-10-20 01:43:30 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...collision with an UFO while approaching London's Heathrow airport. Fortunately, nothing happened because the object vanished just before the impact. [ The Age and BBC
 
Tags: ufo, ufo experts, files, ufo encounters, false radar readings, aircraft carrier, fire, radar, british air space
 
 
 
 
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Nissans new technologies protect the vehicle and its occupants from potential risks coming from multiple directions

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2008-08-05 06:59:54 by HASH0x8b569f8 in Fareastgizmos.com
...Collision Free prototype incorporating two all-new technologies Side Collision Prevention (SCP) and Back-up Collision Prevention (BCP). Incorporating the available Distance Control Assist (DCA) and Lane Departure Prevention (LDP) systems, this latest prototype vehicle further extends Nissans Safety Shield concept to help protect the vehicle...
 
Tags: collision prevention technology, collision prevention, vehicle, back-up collision prevention, collision, potential collision, prototype vehicle, ldp, ldp helps