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[translation mine] You often find yourself on the road, stuck behind a Semi... it's a two-lane highway and the truck rolls gently between sequences of bends and almost zero visibilty in front of the truck, and trying a quick pass can rapidly turn into a real nightmare.
With its concept, Samsung wants to help us forget this problem and reduce the risks associated with passing trucks. The world's first manufacturer of LCD screens has placed a camera in front of the truck. The camera directly displays the image of the road ahead on the giant screen positioned on the rear doors of the trailer, quite visible to the drivers who are following the truck.
It's a good idea that would also be welcome on the backs of Winnebagos.
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Samsung Invents the 'Transparent' Truck
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Hartree on Friday August 21 2015, @02:36AM
If you have a screen on the back of the truck, how long until someone with a sociopathic turn of mind finds a way to alter the image?
Say, project clear roadway ahead when there's really a close approaching vehicle. Or, for just an annoying one, endless repeat of nyancat zipping back and forth across the image.
And, if that isn't bad enough, how long until the marketing department says "Well, we just need a couple of square feet out of that whole big area for an ad". Before you know it, you'll have moving rolling commercials.
This will not end well.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday August 21 2015, @03:08AM
Hacking a moving truck's display that may not even have wireless connectivity to the outside world (the camera and display are both on the vehicle)? Hardest hack I've ever heard of, or really bad design...
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(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Friday August 21 2015, @03:58AM
I hadn't gotten up to the hacking/advertising thoughts yet. That would suck. And the video of it action says it's a wireless camera, meaning hackable.
(Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday August 21 2015, @05:33AM
Not every hack has to be done remotely. Trucks, and especially semitrailers often sit around unattended for fairly long periods. How well covered is the wiring back to the screen on the back of the trailer if it's not wireless? Seems pretty straightforward to do a hardware mod surreptitiously.
Given the recent problems with security on car networks are you all that confident of them shipping a really bad design? ;)
(Score: 2) by soylentsandor on Friday August 21 2015, @05:25PM
The video in TFA (the video is in English, not French!) says the connection between camera and display is wireless.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 21 2015, @04:54AM
A car advertisement with road.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday August 21 2015, @04:13PM
> Before you know it, you'll have moving rolling commercials.
Modern city buses come with screens, though usually on the sides.
My question is which one, of the hackers or the drivers, is going to come up first with a Max-brightness-blink-full-white button, to screw up your night vision if you're a bit close?
Time to buy another TV-Be-Gone, or five