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