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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 29 2019, @12:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the seeing-what's-around-you dept.

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Honda e, the compact electric vehicle that’s coming to market in spring 2020, is bringing its side-view mirrors inside. The company confirmed Tuesday that its side-camera-mirror system, which was on the prototype version, will be a standard feature when the car enters production.  The side-ca...

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/28/the-all-electric-honda-e-is-bringing-its-side-view-mirrors-inside/


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @01:37AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @01:37AM (#848735)

    If you try it, make sure to see what happens in really bright sunny conditions, facing in different directions. Many screens aren't bright enough to be visible when the sun is in the wrong place (try reading a laptop outdoors on a sunny day...)

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @04:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @04:21AM (#848770)
    Try night, when several long lines of cars are shining their headlights into those mirrors. Will the screen show anything useful?
    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday May 29 2019, @05:46PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday May 29 2019, @05:46PM (#848998) Journal

      Try night, when several long lines of cars are shining their headlights into those mirrors. Will the screen show anything useful?

      I'm like Picard in 'Chain of Command' in that scenario and I have normal mirrors!

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by mhajicek on Wednesday May 29 2019, @06:51AM (1 child)

    by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday May 29 2019, @06:51AM (#848808)

    Better than a mirror reflecting the sun straight into my eyes when driving east at sunset.

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    The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @11:55AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @11:55AM (#848854)

      > mirror reflecting the sun straight into my eyes

      But it's easy to re-aim the mirror to get the sun out of your eyes temporarily, while still having it show at least something useful about what is behind you.

      The camera can't be re-aimed, only options mentioned in tfl are normal and wide-angle. This may be the show stopper for anyone that drives at sun-up or sun-down?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @02:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 29 2019, @02:17PM (#848903)

    from tfa: "As lighting conditions change, the brightness levels on the interior displays adjust."