News tagged with car crashes

Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions

Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

New car tech: Not just crash protection, but prevention

A car that can brake itself to avoid a fender-bender during the morning commute might seem far into the future. Except it goes on sale in March. That's when City Safety, a low-speed collision-avoidance technology becomes ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Hate mobs thrive in Asia's booming social media

A teenager involved in a car crash that killed nine people in Thailand deserves "no happiness forever", according to just one of more than 300,000 Facebook users who support a page set up to condemn her.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Older drivers often involved in daytime crashes more severe than younger drivers' crashes

Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cellbond creates a pedestrian-friendly car bonnet designed to reduce head injury

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cellbond, a division of Encocam Ltd that specializes in impact absorption technology, have teamed up with researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in order to develop and test a new pedestrian-friendly ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Creating resilience for vehicular applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed promising approaches to a long-neglected aspect of car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications: fault-tolerance and resilience. The technology is ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Teen automobile crash rates are higher when school starts earlier

Earlier school start times are associated with increased teenage car crash rates, according to a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June 9, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Connected cars to untangle snarled traffic

A car that dials emergency services itself in case of a crash and warns its driver of traffic snarls ahead: Ford Motor Co.'s chief believes connected autos will pave the road to the future.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0