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Mechanics has come out with an early New Year’s present
from its January issue, giving us some light reading over the holiday weekend. Its “15 New Tech Concepts You’ll
Need to Know in 2006″ provides just a few automotive examples, but they’re goodies.
At the top
of the list is Toyota’s Driver Monitoring System, which has a small camera installed on the steering column that
monitors your eyes as you’re driving to make sure they stay on the road. The list also mentions blind spot
detection sensors and a pedestrian protection system (PPS), which, in the event that you accidentally hit
somebody, raises up the hood to cushion the poor soul’s landing on the engine block.
Thanks to Tim
for the tip.