14 year-old dreams up invisible car pillar

[longknife]

We may bemoan the education our children are nor receiving.

I never though that piece between the windshield and the door was a “blind spot.” But, this says that as it’s grown bigger, it blocks the view.

We're always excited when we hear about young women getting involved with STEM -- science, technology, engineering and mathematics -- because those fields still struggle with the underrepresentation of women. Add in our passion for cars, and it becomes pretty easy to see why we're so pumped for 14-year-old Alaina Gassler and her homebrewed blind spot reduction system.

Alaina's system uses a webcam, a projector, a 3D printed adapter and some retroreflective fabric to make a vehicle's A-pillar effectively invisible.

Why is that helpful? Well, as cars have been subject to more and more stringent rollover protection regulations, their A-pillars (the pillars that surround the windshield and help hold the roof up) have gotten thicker, reducing visibility.

A lot more @ This Pennsylvania teen homebrewed an invisible A-pillar for cars - Roadshow

 

[HaShev]

Good idea, it is a problem spot seeing corner curbs, hence the many tire marks on the curbs.
But another spot is in certain cars have issues between the side doors depending on your position and height of your seat.
But the simplest fixable problem is designers stop making the rear
head-rests interfere with the low view rear windows. Mine fold down luckily, but most cars now days have severe back window issues with senseless design flaws.

 

[Blackrook]

Women not being in science as much as men is because women aren't as interested in science as men. There's no point in worrying about it because it's a non-problem.