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Occasionally, I have to drive a car not belonging to me for a short period, I am taller than most people I know, and I find it annoying to be adjusting mirrors when I am only going to be in the car for a short period. However, if I don't adjust the mirrors, I find myself contorting my neck to look in
the mirrors.
I want to develop a device that, when I start the engine, I hold my head still, press a button, and the device automatically senses my face/head/eyes and adjusts the mirrors.
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Is this the rear view mirror, the door mirrors, or both ? |
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For some cars each person has their own key and when their key is placed in the slot the car settings are automatically modified for that person from memory. |
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Sorry guys, its baked. Volvo made a conceptcar recentley called SCC (safety concept car). Among other things, it automatically adjusts seat rake/angle /height (and mirrors I think) using sensors to work out how tall you are and where your eyes are. |
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My eyes are in my face. Where are yours? |
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what is it with my eyes? ("curse you gods for making me this way")... |
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Simpler just to replace each mirror with seven or eight
mirrors all preset at different angles, to take care of all
possible drivers except those with really rare extremes of
height. |
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That'll work - it would be like driving a kaleidoscope. |
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I was guessing - I've never actually driven a kaleidoscope, you understand. |
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Hmmm, sounds downright dangerous to me... |
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Solution, just make the exterior of every vehicle on the road out of mirrors. Buildings too! Mirror coatings for everything. Then there should be enough mirrors around to see everything from every angle. Just don't get into an accident or there may be some bad luck involved. And make sure to wear sunglasses, since the sun will probably always be in your eyes. Seriously though, I'm serious. |
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The energy absorbing properties of the glass would make crashing safer. Well, apart from the face cutting properties of the glass. |
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"The energy absorbing properties of the glass would make crashing safer" - sorry, timo, but I have to point out (because I'm a sad pedantic knowall with no friends) that steel is far more energy-absorbing when it crumples than glass whan it shatters; ductile materials which undergo plastic deformation are better shock absorbers than brittle ones. You're right about the face cutting properties too. |
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Also: Glass vehicle smashes into glass building = nasty cleanup job for someone. |
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Sweep up remains, return for deposit. |
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