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[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.
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(Score: 1) by noneof_theabove on Saturday May 06 2017, @11:15AM (3 children)
motion sensing.
Captures steps for pedometers [no not a rating for porn].
Law that states if your phone was hacked by software or hardware to override, BIGLY FINE !
[done by law enforcement if your are involved in an accident]
So when vehicle is moving over say 5 mph / 8 kph then it goes into stupid mode [alters callers, texters you are driving]
Witness a wreck pull over [required by law in most places] and call emergency 911/999/### otherwise keep on driving and you will not overload emergency dispatch.
[disclaimer I worked as network admin for 20 years in the field]
Involved in a wreck, if your phone is near by and not smashed, it will work.
Post thought: since it knows speed and basic location, has a g-force sensor, having X speed and Y g-force followed by 0 speed....initial emergency call with speed, location, phone number...etc.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday May 06 2017, @11:50AM (1 child)
And for passengers...?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @12:13PM
The nuke-em-all folks who propose these things are:
1) Loners
2) Don't bother to think thru their "great solutions"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @12:40AM
"Witness a wreck pull over [required by law in most places] and call emergency 911/999/###"
yeah right. your shitty luck does not mean i'm late to the grocery store. fuck your law too, socialist.