Projecting car's blind spot image onto A-pillar - video

**Jon** · Nov 4, 2019, 11:06 AM

Projecting the image from a vehicle's blind spot onto its A-pillar. 8th grade Science and Engineering Fair project by Alaina Gassler. 1:08 video:

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**Scrounga** · Nov 4, 2019, 07:38 PM

That is an amazing invention and Alaina will go far in this world with clever thinking like that. Why haven’t the big auto company’s thought of that?
Cheers Stuart, Australia �� 0

**Frank S** · Nov 4, 2019, 08:06 PM

Finally a useable safety feature for cars, now someone needs to invent an attentive driving feature that forces a driver to pay attention to all sides of their vehicle and the surroundings while driving

**NeiljohnUK** · Nov 5, 2019, 04:26 AM

Useful, but with so many cage aiming idiots filling their windscreen with huge GPS prat-navs and mobile phones blocking sight of vehicles and pedestrians it's only a sticking plaster.

**Ralphxyz** · Nov 6, 2019, 10:24 AM

I want two! I fact I could use two in my 2019 Ridgeline there is also a center post that blocks the view.

Ralph

**Tooler2** · Nov 7, 2019, 05:34 AM

I could use that for the B pillar on my standard cab F150. Huge blindspot at intersections when I need to see to the right.

**IAMSatisfied** · Nov 9, 2019, 08:08 AM

Clever idea. It seems a projector would have limited usefulness on directly sunlit environs (the demo video is shot in low light conditions, and for good reason)... perhaps having a backlit LCD wrap would be a solution, but a projector would certainly be more universal and therefor more cost effective.

**Ralphxyz** · Nov 9, 2019, 08:38 AM

re: directly sunlit environs If the sun was directly behind the drivers side it could get washed out otherwise it "sees" like it would be shaded by the pillar.

Even a flat LCD rectangle might work.

**Tooler2** · Nov 9, 2019, 08:54 AM

The idea is great but I have a hard time understanding why a narrow pillar is a ''blind spot''. My B pillar is about 18'' wide and if I am turning to the left at an intersection it effectively blocks my view of the road to the right.
Rob