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

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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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by coolgopher on Wednesday January 16 2019, @03:04AM (1 child)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @03:04AM (#787192)

    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...

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:09PM

    by RS3 (6367) on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:09PM (#787641)

    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.