{"id":2560,"date":"2017-01-13T12:36:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T12:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2017-01-13T12:36:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T12:36:45","slug":"digital-headlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=2560","title":{"rendered":"Digital Headlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes Benz has introduced digital HD headlights that constantly monitor the road ahead and adjust instantaneously to illuminate pedestrians, bicyclists, road markings and street signs.<\/p>\n<p>Each headlight has over 1,000,000 LED facets that are controlled individually by data from forward facing cameras\u00a0that is processed by the\u00a0computer system. When a person or object in the road ahead is detected, the headlights\u00a0illuminate it with a beam of light. The light is also directed and focused to eliminate glare that would dazzle other road users or pedestrians. It can also work like other adaptable lighting and so light the roadway around curves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2561\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2561\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=2561\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?fit=1000%2C563\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mercedes-digital-headlights\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?fit=980%2C552\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2561\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?resize=210%2C118 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Mercedes-digital-headlights.jpg?w=1000 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The lights can\u00a0act like a head-up display (HUD), but instead of projecting information onto the windscreen, it\u00a0shows as\u00a0a digital image of a\u00a0zebra crossing\u00a0or a street sign directly onto the pavement using light. The technology is expected to make it into production by 2020.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-8L7iKaW25o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes Benz has introduced digital HD headlights that constantly monitor the road ahead and adjust instantaneously to illuminate pedestrians, bicyclists, road markings and street signs. Each headlight has over 1,000,000 LED facets that are controlled individually by data from forward facing cameras\u00a0that is processed by the\u00a0computer system. When a person or object in the road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,35,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","category-concepts","category-safety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79TdE-Fi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2271,"url":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=2271","url_meta":{"origin":2560,"position":0},"title":"LEXUS TO ROLL OUT BRAND NEW ACTIVE SAFETY PACKAGE FROM 2015","author":"Tom Denton","date":"November 26, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In line with the ultimate aim of eliminating traffic fatalities and injuries, Lexus will next year launch the \"Lexus Safety System +\" package, a newly-developed set of active safety technologies designed to help prevent or mitigate collisions across a wide range of vehicle speeds. 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