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Old 01-07-11, 07:22 AM
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Ferrari has reportedly applied for a new patent application that’s said to cover technology that monitors a driver’s mental and physical state in order to adjust a car’s stability and traction control systems in order to help avoid potential accidents resulting from a loss of control.

The patent describes the installation of a series of sensors, located around a car’s cabin, which constantly monitors a driver’s state.

The application states: “Drivers tend to miscalculate--in particular, overestimate--their driving skill and, more importantly, their psychophysical condition, with the result that driver-selected dynamic vehicle performance simply reflects the driver’s wish, as opposed to the driver’s actual psychophysical condition and proficiency.”

Some of the driver giveaways the technology will be looking for include respiration rate, blood pressure and heart rates, eye movement and blink rates, brainwave activity, body temperature and the conductivity of the driver’s skin (to determine the degree of perspiration).

The good news is that such a system can dial up a car’s response if it detects a driver is particularly alert, in addition to improving safety in the case of a tired or unresponsive driver.

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Old 01-07-11, 08:27 AM
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They should make one where it reads your passenger's face and see if they are sexually stimulated or not, cuz if they aren't, then kick that girl out from the car and pick up another one
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man.... tech is good, but this might be going a bit far
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Old 01-07-11, 08:55 AM
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Mind reading tech? Not even close, talk about a sensationalized headline.

I do agree this is going a bit too far.
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