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Nissan Goes (Very) Old School to Curb Distracted Driving

posted by on Friday May 05 2017, @11:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the i've-been-suggesting-this-for-years dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

[Nissan]'s latest concept is called Signal Shield, and it relies on a 180-year-old creation -- the Faraday cage. A Faraday cage uses conductive material to block electromagnetic fields. Installed in a Nissan Juke's center console, it's capable of blocking all communications to the phone, whether it's Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or regular ol' phone signals.

Thanks to its conductive properties, a Faraday cage blocks electromagnetic signals, preventing them from leaving or entering the cage.

Obviously, the goal is to prevent distracted driving. And it succeeds to that end, because a phone that can't do anything isn't going to distract a driver. Owners will still be able to use the phone through the infotainment system, thanks to a wired connection inside the center console.

[...] Or you could just head over to Amazon and buy a Faraday cage for less than $10 and keep it in your glovebox. That's always an option, too, even though it's far less elegant.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @12:01AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @12:01AM (#505225)

    It aint' no faraday cage. Are they lacing up all the glass surface with metallic grid? Sounds more like center console jamming up RF signals.

    You are misunderestimating SN folks.

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday May 06 2017, @12:16PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday May 06 2017, @12:16PM (#505394) Homepage

    It's a small Farady cage built into a box in the console which you can place your phone into.

    You are misunderestimating SN folks.

    Not if they're as dumb as you...

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