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BeamAtic Premium Headlights Let You Keep Your High Beams on All Night Long

Posted September 02, 2010 12:26 PM

From Engadget:

It looks like the highways of Japan could soon get a bit brighter -- at least if these new BeamAtic Premium head lights from Ichikoh Industries ever catch on. Developed by France's Valeo SA, the headlights make use of an on-board camera and some image processing software that tracks oncoming vehicles, and some movable dousers attached to the headlights that are able to deflect the light so it doesn't bother other drivers.

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09/03/2010 8:39 AM

Brilliant. And what about the pedestrians and cyclists? does the beam miss them too?

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09/03/2010 5:22 PM

As if evolving to the point we are too lazy to manually turn off the headlights ourselves isn't bad enough, now we can continue to evolve because we can't be bothered to pay attention to operating the vehicle and control the head lights. It will get to the point where we won't have to physically do anything anymore....just get in the car and go wherever the car takes you.

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09/04/2010 11:16 AM

My Grandfather's 1953 Cadillac had a factory option to do just that.

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