Nissan working on pedestrian-detecting cars

ac 427 · 19th April 2007, 14:00

Nissan is working on a new system that'll [COLOR=#0000ff]allow your car to warn you[/COLOR] before you drunkenly plow over a gaggle of pedestrians trying to cross the street. By using phones equipped with GPS, the system would be able to tell where people were before you got to them, warning you in advance if there were people around a blind corner or something like that.
It's a great idea, at least in theory. What I want to know is how Nissan plans to get all this pedestrian data from people's phones. As it stands, GPS phones aren't in constant contact with GPS satellites due to how much juice that would use from the battery. Instead, people need to tell their phone to locate them using GPS. How would this system function without phones both being connected to GPS at all times and people being willing to have their phones broadcasting their location at all times? I can't see it happening. Sorry, Nissan. — Adam Frucci

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theMAG · 19th April 2007, 14:29

There's only so much technology can do to aid a driver. If the driver himself is incapable, any add-on becomes an overkill.

sreedotk · 19th April 2007, 14:39

That is one technology that would be more pain in crowded cities of india and the world . It would be beeping at all the corners that i would go mad

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19th April 2007, 14:00	#1
ac 427 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,393 Thanked: 244 Times View My Garage	Nissan working on pedestrian-detecting cars Nissan is working on a new system that'll [COLOR=#0000ff]allow your car to warn you[/COLOR] before you drunkenly plow over a gaggle of pedestrians trying to cross the street. By using phones equipped with GPS, the system would be able to tell where people were before you got to them, warning you in advance if there were people around a blind corner or something like that. It's a great idea, at least in theory. What I want to know is how Nissan plans to get all this pedestrian data from people's phones. As it stands, GPS phones aren't in constant contact with GPS satellites due to how much juice that would use from the battery. Instead, people need to tell their phone to locate them using GPS. How would this system function without phones both being connected to GPS at all times and people being willing to have their phones broadcasting their location at all times? I can't see it happening. Sorry, Nissan. — Adam Frucci Source : SCI FI Tech \| SCIFI.COM
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19th April 2007, 14:29	#2
theMAG Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Avon, CT Posts: 7,217 Thanked: 1,807 Times View My Garage	There's only so much technology can do to aid a driver. If the driver himself is incapable, any add-on becomes an overkill.
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19th April 2007, 14:39	#3
sreedotk BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 247 Thanked: 90 Times	That is one technology that would be more pain in crowded cities of india and the world . It would be beeping at all the corners that i would go mad ;-)
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