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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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Croll's Query:
If tin whistles are made of tin, what are foghorns made of?
(Score: 0, Redundant) by PiMuNu on Wednesday January 16 2019, @11:52AM (2 children)
> Go back to making sushi and Godzilla movies.
Unnecessary racism, AC. Plus a swear word in the subject. Are you a 12 year old?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @02:09PM (1 child)
And are you a virgin butterfly attending sunday school?
By the way, there was no racism involved.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday January 17 2019, @09:04AM
> And are you a virgin butterfly attending sunday school?
Civilisation implies civility.