The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) attributes more than 100,000 crashes, including 1,357 fatal crashes and approximately 71,000 injury crashes annually, to driver drowsiness. At the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, Denso unveiled its progress for using vision sensors to detect objects, pedestrians, and driver's condition. One vision sensor design is currently used in the Lane Keeping Assist system where drowsiness often causes drifting. In a conceptual approach, a vision sensor focused on the driver's face monitors the eyes and can detect inattentive driving caused by drowsiness by measuring how wide the eyelids are open. The technology can measure the blinking speed of a driver wearing glasses. Vision sensing, combined with electrocardiograph measurements made from electrodes installed in the steering wheel, provide a more detailed driver status. For more information on Denso's driver condition sensing technology go to: http://rbi.ims.ca/4914-504
In the wake of the Chevy Volt fire investigations, sales are down, and General Motors' (GM) CEO Dan Akerson is blaming the downturn on a spate of bad publicity.
MEMS in sports is such a hot topic that MEMS Industry Group – a partner of Sensors in Design (part of Design West Summit) – will showcase it at next month’s conference.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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