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Nissan Goes (Very) Old School to Curb Distracted Driving

posted by on Friday May 05 2017, @11:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the i've-been-suggesting-this-for-years dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

[Nissan]'s latest concept is called Signal Shield, and it relies on a 180-year-old creation -- the Faraday cage. A Faraday cage uses conductive material to block electromagnetic fields. Installed in a Nissan Juke's center console, it's capable of blocking all communications to the phone, whether it's Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or regular ol' phone signals.

Thanks to its conductive properties, a Faraday cage blocks electromagnetic signals, preventing them from leaving or entering the cage.

Obviously, the goal is to prevent distracted driving. And it succeeds to that end, because a phone that can't do anything isn't going to distract a driver. Owners will still be able to use the phone through the infotainment system, thanks to a wired connection inside the center console.

[...] Or you could just head over to Amazon and buy a Faraday cage for less than $10 and keep it in your glovebox. That's always an option, too, even though it's far less elegant.

-- submitted from IRC

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @02:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @02:51AM (#505285)

    The problem isn't just for the driver, the problem is for everybody else around the driver. But, the driver is the only one that has control over whether or not the phone and other items are used while driving.