When trying to stop a fast moving car, our intent to jam break happens much earlier than the actual action of stepping on the break.
A group of scientists in Germany found that the brain sends out unique messages during this period of "intent to jam break".
They then designed a system that reads the driver's brain signals, combines this with the muscle signals, and stops the car even before your foot touches the pedal.
Their system reacted 130 ms earlier than previous systems. For a car going at 100 km/h, this amounts to reducing the braking distance by 3.66 m!
That's pretty cool! Is it practical though?
1) Imagine looking like this everytime you drive
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| Image source: Mercedes 500sec.com |
2) False alarm - Car stopping when it's not supposed to!
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| Image source: http://www.cawlocal584.com/humour.html |
3) Over reliance on the system
Methinks, neh.. not yet.
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