This is something I find useful for a change. I have seen many car crashes and I have also been a victim of a stupid and blind driver (a woman). But that is not the point of the article. The point is that Fujitsu is cooking up a new gizmo that will detect whether a driver is about to fall asleep or not. A sensor will be set up on the steering wheel and will keep track of the driver’s heart beat from his hands that lie on the wheel. When we start to fall asleep, our heart beat rate tends to become regulate and then the anti-sleep system will turn the radio on, roll the windows down and other stuff to get you back on track.

Hopefully this technology will come alive sooner than later as it can save many lives, drivers, passengers and pedestrians. Fujitsu hopes that the technology will be implemented by 2010.

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