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Cars with hood and grill airbags for pedestrian protection!

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2008-06-03 07:15:44 by HASH0x8b777a4 in Fareastgizmos.com
...pedestrian protection, Toyoda Gosei Japan, showcased two types of airbags. The hood airbag comes out from an engine room under a front hood and cushions the shock when an adult head bumps on a fender or front pillar. And grill airbag which comes out from a front grill, absorbs a shock to a child's head or adult waist. Regarding technologies...
 
Tags: pedestrian, hood, pedestrian recognition system, pedestrian protection, airbags, grill airbags, toyoda gosei defines, toyoda gosei, pedestrian protection technology
 
 
 
 
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Honda POLAR III third generation pedestrian dummy

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2008-09-18 07:24:35 by dhiram in Fareastgizmos.com
...pedestrian dummy, Polar III, in vehicle-to-pedestrian crash tests before the end of this year, with the aim of reducing pedestrian lower back and upper leg injuries which are common in collisions between a pedestrian and a SUV or mini-van. With Polar III, the reproduction fidelity for the lower back and upper leg areas has been further...
 
Tags: generation pedestrian dummy, dummy, body, human body, pedestrian, lower body, lower, pedestrian lower, upper leg
 
 
 
 
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Nissan Intelligent Transport System to reduce pedestrian-vehicle collisions in future

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2008-10-23 08:21:31 by dhiram in Fareastgizmos.com
...pedestrian-related accidents. This represents the first and largest such experiment conducted of its kind, involving 500 pedestrians and 200 drivers, and in collaboration with NTT DoCoMo Inc, the largest mobile network operator in Japan. Participants will use a special cellular phone that is compatible to the Nissan navigation system on-board...
 
Tags: system, vehicle navigation system, navigation system, vehicle, intelligent transport system, system assists, vehicle telematics, special cellular phone, cellular phone
 
 
 
 
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Autoliv's Hood Airbag System Saves Dumb Walkers From Dumb Drivers [Autoliv Pedestrian Protection System]

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2008-04-23 19:06:33 by Chris Magor in Gizmodo
...Pedestrian Protection System combines a hood that opens to cushion impact and a pair of hood mounted airbags to reduce the risk of serious injury when a car comes into contact with an unfortunate pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist. The tech's safety specs are impressive: "From almost certain death to less than a 15% risk of life-threatening...
 
Tags: hood, autoliv, cushion impact, impact, inventor spot, safety specs, pedestrian, risk, contact
 
 
 
 
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Pedestrian crossing buttons: placebos or legit?

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2008-05-08 16:14:14 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
...pedestrian crossing button The amazing revelation? They actually work . At least in Canada. Transportation planners around Victoria say there are no such "placebo" buttons here, but they add that the effectiveness of the button varies by intersection and region Brad Dellebuur, city transportation planner, says pushing the button sends a...
 
Tags: buttons, button varies, button, walk buttons, pedestrian, placebo button, city transportation planner, walk, signal
 
 
 
 
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Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta with Multimedia City Guides, Real-time Traffic, Dynamic Re-routing & Pedestrian Navigation

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2008-05-09 14:42:16 by Abdul Aziz in Tech[dot]Blog
...Pedestrian navigation and satellite and hybrid images. Nokia Maps offers free maps of more than 150 countries and over 15 million points-of-interest. It comes with compatible Nokia Map Loader with which you can get the newest map data, which is required by some Nokia Maps 2.0 features such as Walk navigation Key features of Nokia Maps 2.0...
 
Tags: nokia maps, nokia, beta, city guides, city, hybrid, hybrid map view, pedestrian navigation, navigation
 
 
 
 
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Toyotas New Pedestrian Recognition System

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2008-05-31 10:01:21 by HASH0x8b7e534 in gadgettastic.com
Toyota has developed a new display for thier Crown Hybrid Luxury Sudan which incorporates a pedestrian recognition system. Previous attempts had images displayed directly on the windshield, while the new one uses an LCD in the dashboard, where the speedometer and other details can be found more Post from: gadgettastic.com Toyotas New Pedestrian...
 
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Toyota???s New Pedestrian Recognition System

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2008-05-31 15:01:21 by {gadgetgeek} in gadgettastic.com
...pedestrian recognition system. Previous attempts had images displayed directly on the windshield, while the new one uses an LCD in the dashboard, where the speedometer and other details can be found The system only currently works at speeds below 60 kph, but they are apparently working on ways to spot bicycles and animals. They neglected to...
 
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Pedestrian Airbags

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2008-06-03 21:05:33 by GadgetManiac in GadgetManiac
Toyoda Gosei is in the process of developing pedestrian-protecting exterior airbags that deploy when onboard radar and image-recogition cameras detect a pending impact Cars with hood and grill airbags for pedestrian protection! - FarEast Gizmos, June 3, 2008
 
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