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: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:59PM
You wouldn't blind other cars. But I thought you might say: you wouldn't be able to see pedestrians on the road.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.