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Nissan Shows Safety Technology

Mon Aug 6, 2007 9:22 AM EDT
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Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer
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<p>A reporter has his soberness and drowsiness detected by a mounted camera, seen bottom, as part of Nissan Motor Co.'s newly-unveiled alcohol detection system which features facial monitoring and alcohol sensors equipped on a concept car, during a press tour at Nissan's Oppama plant in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Nissan showed the experimental system that measures alcohol levels in the driver's sweat from hand touching the gearshift. It stops short of locking the ignition but issues a warning in an electronic voice.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)</p>

A reporter has his soberness and drowsiness detected by a mounted camera, seen bottom, as part of Nissan Motor Co.'s newly-unveiled alcohol detection system which features facial monitoring and alcohol sensors equipped on a concept car, during a press tour at Nissan's Oppama plant in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Nissan showed the experimental system that measures alcohol levels in the driver's sweat from hand touching the gearshift. It stops short of locking the ignition but issues a warning in an electronic voice.(AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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Jacob Nicolas

I can't wait until this kind of stuff is in all cars.

Check out the last two pictures above in case you missed them and read about the pop-up hood.

Nissan unveiled a new technology called "Pop Up Engine Hood For Pedestrian Protection" that gives less damage to pedestrian's head in collisions, by making space between the bonnet and hard engine parts.

    Reply#1 - Mon Aug 6, 2007 10:26 AM EDT
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