New Technology Allows Drivers to Steer Car With Their Eyes
How cool would it be if you could drive a car with your eyes? The answer: Very cool! Unless of course a good-looking member of the opposite sex happens to be walking by. Well, assuming you don’t look astray, researchers at Freie Universität Berlin have developed the eyeDriver software which can steer a car simply using eye movements.
Right now the software is in testing and is proving its concept, but it definitely works, as you can see in the video below. The driver wears a helmet with cameras mounted to it which capture the driver’s eye movements. Those eye movements are then translated by a computer into directional signals.
I know the system will continue to undergo rigorous testing and modification, but there are already a few hang ups I can see. For one, parallel parking would likely be too cumbersome to attempt. Also, as I jokingly mentioned earlier, distractions could be deadly. Looking even for a second in the wrong direction at high speeds could cause many problems. It seems the team already has a solution for dealing with distractions, but with something as concerning as safety, this will indeed need to be perfected. It will be interesting to see how the team solves these problems, as the application could be critical for amputees, paralyzed individuals, and other’s for whom regular driving presents a problem.
Here it is in action:
Photo Credit: Christian Kielmann
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