Engineering News Blog

Engineering News

Latest news of interest to engineers. Sourced from GlobalSpec's Engineering News

Previous in Blog: How China Makes It Rain with Anti-Aircraft Guns and Rockets   Next in Blog: Sony Demos Organic TFT-driven Flexible E-paper
Close
Close
Close
Rate Comments: Nested

Automotive Black Boxes, Minus the Gray Area

Posted May 24, 2011 12:40 PM

From Wired:

Next month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to declare that all vehicles must contain an event data recorder, known more commonly as a "black box." The device, similar to those found in aircraft, records vehicle inputs and, in the event of a crash, provides a snapshot of the final moments before impact.

Read the whole article

Reply

Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.
Guru
Popular Science - Evolution - New Member Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member

Join Date: May 2006
Location: The 'Space Coast', USA
Posts: 11119
Good Answers: 918
#1

Re: Automotive Black Boxes, Minus the Gray Area

05/25/2011 7:26 AM

Like it or not, here it comes.

It is a powerful tool, but like all forms of power, it can be used for good and bad. I wonder how many of you would want it in your vehicle and why?

Reply
Reply to Blog Entry

Previous in Blog: How China Makes It Rain with Anti-Aircraft Guns and Rockets   Next in Blog: Sony Demos Organic TFT-driven Flexible E-paper

Advertisement