Gadget Renesas

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GR Atelier

Title:Waving Wipers

Displayed Name:RIDE DESIGN

Waving Wipers

Concept / Overview
- LED-enhanced windshield wipers used to thank generous fellow drivers creatively
- As the LED-enhanced wipers move back and forth, they leave a pictorial or worded message in lights
- Let the ubiquitous hum-drum windshield wipers transform into a real communication tool!
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The idea behind the gadget & happy users

The idea:
Use windshield wipers to spell out a message of thanks.
Attach several LED lights in a straight line on the car’s windshield wipers.
Simultaneously operating the wipers and LED lights leaves a word or pictorial afterimage.
When another driver yields to you during a traffic jam or lets you pass, you can create a message of thanks.
You can communicate your appreciation and add (optional) vocalization if you wish.
Your message can be created by a single touch from inside your vehicle.

 

Happy users: 
Both recipients and initiators of generous driving manners will be pleased.
This system offers a more appropriate form of appreciation than simply flashing one’s hazard lights.
The gadget can relieve stress during traffic jams, thus reducing accidents.

 

 

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The result

The creation has been tested in an actual vehicle.
The goal is to commercialize this as a marketable product.


Program source

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