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on Tuesday January 15 2019, @11:27PM
from the blinded-by-even-more-distant-oncoming-traffic dept.
from the blinded-by-even-more-distant-oncoming-traffic dept.
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: 3, Insightful) by TheFool on Wednesday January 16 2019, @04:31AM
As someone who also lives in a deer (and occasional moose) heavy area... perhaps we could power up the lasers, instead? And maybe instead of using them as headlights, we could use them as an auto-turret. If it was going to run in front of your car anyway, zapping it seems reasonable. If we were really lucky, maybe we could convince the state to let us keep the meal as well.
But yes, the newer bluish headlights are awful to meet on the road. Whoever designed those clearly lived in a copious amount of light pollution. I don't find them that bad when I have to travel into city, but they are downright unbearable when out in the country.