Smart car

Smart car

The driver's seat itself will monitor the person's condition and take necessary measures if necessary

The drive during rush hour is stressful for the driver, which causes his nervousness and the aggressive style of driving. On the other hand, many hours traveling long distances dissipate and dull the attention of the driver, cause drowsiness and contribute to fatigue. In any case, these two situations are an inherent threat to the life of the driver, passengers and surrounding people. And now, thanks to the work of specialists of the company Faurecia, the light appeared a kind of "antidote", intelligent car seat, which can itself determine the state of the driver and take some necessary actions if necessary.

This chair, called Active Wellness Seat, tons of sensors, which determine the rhythm of the heartbeat, the tempo, the depth, breath and other parameters to determine the state of a person and calculate his level of relaxation or tension. When received by the chair data indicate the excited state of the driver, the seat automatically begins to make him a soothing and relaxing massage. If the driver shows signs of fatigue and sleepiness, the chair makes it a more intense massage and gives his face a stream of fresh air through the ventilation system of the car.

Creating this chair, the French company Faurecia worked together with experts from NASA, the University of Ohio and Stanford University who specialize in various fields of psychology, anthropology, etc. And the first demonstration of a functional system was produced in the framework of the exhibition Connected Car Expo held recently in Los Angeles.

System chairs Active Wellness seat is still in the development stage, and professionals will need another year or two to finish all of the technologies and to organize production of these seats, intended for installation in cars of various types and brands. And, in the case of the success of this event will appear in the world first is a fantastic chair that will become part of the "smart" car of the future and that at the expense of their intellectual abilities will allow you to maintain correct state of the driver of the vehicle, which, in turn, will allow to save many human lives.