Mercedes has invented a headlight that talks to people on the street
It can do some pretty cool stuff!
Watch Mercedes' new Digital Lights talk to pedestrians:
A few months back, Mercedes-Benz announced its new Digital Light technology, which it claimed at the time would revolutionise headlight technology by bringing a whole new dimension to the simple world of headlights.
In recent days, the above video was released, along with a few more details about the innovative feature. It seems that as well as projecting basic icons and symbols onto the road, the Digital Lights will be able to produce longer, more complex messages in light form.
As well as giving out compliments, this technology (assuming it works with the sharpness and reliability it does in the promo) could prove extremely beneficial for road safety purposes.
Digital Light allows hazard warnings, directions and the suchlike to be broadcast onto the road in front of the car, drawing the driver's gaze away from the instrument cluster and onto the road.
The precision and clarity of the messages displayed is possible thanks to technology that utilises over a million micro-reflectors within a lighting chip inside each headlamp, resulting in a resolution of over a million pixels on each side.
The Digital Light system features on the new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class.
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Comments (27)
Oh wow. It's only a matter of time before they add emoji's and everyone will be flipping each other off
How long until people hack it and make it draw a bunch of dicks
when you overtake it then it shows you a middle finger
If you’re somehow in danger while in your car, say someone’s trying to carjack, it should display the bat symbol and alerts Batman
You're a genius
lets hope this never gets into production. Auto makers, if you need to highlight anything for the driver, there's a heads-up display. Nobody else wants to see changing symbols on the road, especially in difficult conditions
Exactly what I thought. HUD is so much better.
Clearly they've solved every REAL problem...
Well clearly