http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/29/toyota-rolls-out-night-view-equipped-pedestrian-finding-crown-h/

Now this is not a new concept in a car and has been posted before and a while as a concept and in the odd expensive car on sale and even this one from Toyota the people detection is nothing new as a technology but there is more to this really.

Tests as discussed before on these forums and shows like 5thgear, top gear who mention that tests have shown that nightvision in cars improves visibility and driving at night, since you glance at your speed so you glance at a screen to see.

Now of course the full blown effective outcome is for you windscreen to be fully digital and house all the information you need and switch to night vision mode at night etc and you would not need ligts in a way but that is many many years off.

My point here though is that while you got some different variations is it not time /cost effective enough for an lcd to replace your dash and have the ability to do rear view display and night vision etc. Again they are in cars but Just as ABS and (what is the new one that stops rolling etc?) etc I think this is another standard feature of a car that should be included in all from the cheaper end to the high class cars.
I mean what does an lcd cost these days and even some form of night vision is in the cheaper cameras

Weapons armed, target acquired. Base, do we have launch authorisation?

thing is older cars with lights will blind the nightvision so its not gonna work that well is it

One would imagine after putting so much R&D into something and it costing so much that they would have thought of that and developed some kind of solution to the problem.

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thing is older cars with lights will blind the nightvision so its not gonna work that well is it

One would imagine after putting so much R&D into something and it costing so much that they would have thought of that and developed some kind of solution to the problem.

They do, this and the others I have seen use what they developed in the army in terms of flash bombs etc so can filter it, but still its an aid not your viewing window.

I love your comment Rivkid you can see grown men going "duh duh duh duh duuuuuuuur" "target locked " "thudthudthudthud" Singing the top gun music as they drive

in any case, it doesnt remove the need for lights. Possibly the need for high beam, but youll still need running lights to be seen.

Now if we can integrate some sort of IR system so you can see in the fog, THAT would be useful

yup. new s-class has it as standard

thing is older cars with lights will blind the nightvision so its not gonna work that well is it

depends if it is the thermal imaging sort or image intensifier