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: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @10:04AM
Don't worry, you'll see them. You forget that we have atmosphere and stuff floating in it. Ever seen green lasers pointed at the sky? Why do you see the beam? (/me imaging you thinking hard)