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?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by coolgopher on Wednesday January 16 2019, @03:04AM (1 child)
It's always lovely when you're on the freeway and the car behind you has bright enough headlights that your own car is casting a shadow in front of you where you're driving, and all you can really see are the sides of the road...
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:09PM
For me it's that the inside of my vehicle is so brightly lit by the car behind me that it's 100% distracting. It's illegal to drive with interior lights on, so it should be illegal for someone to illuminate my interior similarly.