Nissans will remind you to check the back seat before walking away

in #technology6 years ago

Ther computerization of the car is gaining ground. If you haven't heard yet, the next generation of cars to hit the road from today are close to a laptop computer than a car as we know it.

Nissan is making a different kind of safety feature standard equipment: a sensor that reminds you to check the back seat for any errant loved ones. The feature was inspired by a pair of engineers, and the resulting days-long stench of garlic and cheese after one left a plate of lasagna in the car overnight. Those engineers, Elsa Foley and Marlene Mendoza, hold the patent for Rear Door Assist.

There's more. RDA will also be a feature of the new nissan:

Rear Door Alert works by monitoring if the rear doors were opened at the start of a trip, but not opened when you park. RDA will start with an instrument cluster notification to check the back seat, and from there it "progresses to subtle, distinctive chirps of the horn" if you still haven't opened the rear door.

You don't have to wait that long, since its coming within a year:

Nissan promises the feature will be in all its vehicles by 2022, and in the 2019 model year it's baked into the Altima and Sentra sedans, and the Rogue. You might've even spotted it in 2018 Pathfinder SUVs, too. This isn't the first time we've seen the feature -- GM offers something similar -- and Nissan promises soon enough we'll hear word of another five models rocking it as standard equipment.

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the design is so unique and sophisticated, maybe this is the way Nissan to surpass its competitors competitors,

could be a good play for Nissan indeed. although its competitors can easily come up with similar or even better design.

I also think the same thing buddy.