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Smart Headlights Spare Drivers’ Eyes, Prevent Glare

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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 11, 2014 — Imagine leaving your high beams on without blinding your fellow motorists. A new programmable headlight, developed by a team at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, has sensors that can detect and track oncoming vehicles and black out parts of the headlight beam that would otherwise shine into other drivers’ eyes. The system can also aid driver vision in snow or rain. It can track individual snowflakes or raindrops in the immediate vicinity of the car and block the narrow slivers of headlight beam that would otherwise reflect off the precipitation and...Read full article

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    Published: September 2014
    AmericasCarnegie Mellon UniversityConsumerdigital light processingDLPheadlightsResearch & TechnologySensors & DetectorsSrinivasa Narasimhanrobert tamburo

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