News tagged with imminent collision
Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the ...
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Magnetic sensors can measure distances between vehicles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Every vehicle has a magnetic field, and researchers have now found that a vehicle’s magnetic field has an inverse relationship with distance at small distances. The relationship provides ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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'Good-bye, blind spot' -- man and machine always in view
Particular care must be taken in a production hall where robots and men work together, where even minor carelessness could result in serious accidents or stop production. At the Hannover Messe trade fair that ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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New Volvo pedestrian detection system brakes for you
(PhysOrg.com) -- Swedish vehicle manufacturer Volvo’s goal is that by 2020 nobody should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo and their cars should not seriously injure or kill other road users ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Safe and efficient de-orbit of space junk without making the problem worse
Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC) announced that Dr. Kristin L. Gates will present a paper on de-orbiting space junk at the August 2 Artificial and Natural Space Debris session of the AIAA Astrodynamics Specialists ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Babies see it coming
Do infants only start to crawl once they are physically able to see danger coming? Or is it that because they are more mobile, they develop the ability to sense looming danger? According to Ruud van der Weel and Audrey van ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2009 |
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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
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Crash warning for connected cars?
European researchers have demonstrated in the lab a collision warning system for cars that could alert the driver several seconds in advance of an imminent impact. The device could save thousands of lives ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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NIST measures performance of auto crash warning systems
Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed and tested a laser-based ranging system to assess the performance of automobile collision warning systems.
Nov 27, 2007 |
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Research on the road to intelligent cars
Although safety is improving on European roads, every year over 40,000 people die on Europe's roads and 1.4 million accidents occur. Clearly, there is still plenty of work to be done if the EU is to halve road ...
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Safer cars through touch, sound and smell
Oxford researchers have found that using smell, touch and sound may make the car of the future safer.
Dec 02, 2005 |
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