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The Headlight of the Future Is a Laser

posted by martyb on Tuesday January 15 2019, @11:27PM   
from the blinded-by-even-more-distant-oncoming-traffic dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Bloomberg:

Most people don’t turn on their car’s headlights and think, I wish they were brighter. Shuji Nakamura is not most people.

The Nobel Prize-winning illumination scientist has spent the past five years developing a laser-based lighting system. His company, SLD Laser, says the new design is 10 times brighter than today’s LED lights, capable of illuminating objects a kilometer away while using less power than any current technology. And unlike a regular, dumb headlight, the laser can potentially be integrated into current and forthcoming driver-assistance systems.

Do headlights need to be brighter?

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• those lights aren't exactly "too bright" those lights aren't exactly "too bright" (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @12:44AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @12:44AM (#787139)

  BRIGHTER THAN THE NEW AMERICAN DRIVERS WHO LEAVE THEM IN THE "BLIND ONCOMING CARS" SETTING.

  "HIGH BEAMS" for those of us who remember that you DON'T USE THEM IN TRAFFIC.

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• Re:those lights aren't exactly "too bright" (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 16 2019, @02:41PM

  by DannyB (5839) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @02:41PM (#787383) Journal

  But some people have a headlight that has failed. So they brilliantly come to the insightful realization that switching to the high beams all the time means that they will never need to get their malfunctioning headlight fixed. Nothing could possibly go wrong. It's easy, quick and cheap. The American Way.

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