Mercedes-Benz: Night view assist in 2007 S-Class

It seems that a step ahead in safety comes from Mercedes-Benz this time.

It’s not too often that we hit up advances in car technology over here but this is just a bit too tasty to pass up. Now in addition to a PCMCIA slot, Mercedes-Benz is premiering their “Night view assist” system on their new, 2007 S-Class series which is said to increase nighttime visibility by up to 125 percent -- without blinding on-coming motorists. It uses infrared light to cast a broad beam ahead of the vehicle and then displays the 8-inch grayscale image on the dashboard LCD.

Hopefully this works better than other announced and presented systems in the past from the brand with the star. And hopefully the quality is better than the quality of their current car series...

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Source: Engadget

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