Posts Tagged ‘automatic collision notification’
Automatic Crash Notification Is On The Phone!
Written by Jacob Sherman on June 27, 2010 – 5:13 am -When you get in a car accident, technology is your best friend. Your seatbelt secures you, your airbags deploy automatically, you call an ambulance or a tow truck on your cell phone, and so on. The protective role of technology just grew some more, as an automatic crash notification phone app called My911 can now eliminate a few more steps from the crash back to security. While your airbags are deploying, your phone will already be making the call that may save your life.
The technology to automatically detect a car crash has existed for years. It has been applied with the invention of airbags- an accelerometer detects crash-level G-forces and deploys the airbags faster than you can be launched forward, meeting you halfway to the dashboard with a cushion of air. Smartphones now come equipped with the technology that allows your car to know when to deploy the airbags. It is an accelerometer, and your phone currently uses it to track your GPS location, autofocus the camera, and other functions. New patented technology makes use of this to sense a car crash and begin taking the steps to safety automatically. \
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The Future Of Smartphones?
Written by Jacob Sherman on June 22, 2010 – 10:44 am -If you want to see how startling fast technology is progressing these days, here’s a simple exercise for you: list all the things that your phone still can’t do. Of course, you’ll be able to list plenty of things. But each year, it seems like a few more things get crossed off. Following are a few features that have either been recently crossed off or most likely will be in the future. Hopefully it will get you as excited as I am for whatever the next big thing will be.
Who knew, for example, that an accelerometer could do so much? I didn’t know before that an accelerometer helps your navigation device track your movement, or that the same technology has given birth to a billion amusing little apps that take advantage of your phone knowing how it’s moving around. These two types of application alone have radically changed what a phone is, and who would claim that the innovations will stop coming? For example, since your phone knows when it moves around and how fast, it knows if you get in a car crash. Your phone can call 911 for you in the case that you can’t for yourself. What other innovative apps will be coming up in the next few years?
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Your Collision Response: 3 Ways To Be Prepared For Car Accident Safety
Written by Jacob Sherman on June 8, 2010 – 10:45 am -Car accidents happen to all of us when we least expect them: that’s why we call them accidents. We never want to think that an automobile accident is going to happen, but it’s a great comfort to know that we’re prepared for the worst. The last thing any of us wants is to end up in an emergency situation without knowing what to do or having the emergency supplies we need, so here are 3 easy tips so that you can feel prepared and confident if the worst case scenario happens:
Have Your Cell Phone With You at All Times!
It’s unrealistic to think that you will have everything that you could need with you in case of an emergency- you do not want to be in this situation without being able to get the help that you or someone else may need promptly. The sooner you are able to get professional medical personnel on the scene, the better. If you do not have automatic crash response in your car or on your phone, it’s time to consider it. You can get a phone app that senses your crash by measuring your G-forces and, unless manually cancelled, will handle alerting the emergency response personnel for you. Having a camera phone is also a plus as you can document the crash on the spot. This will be helpful in resolving insurance claims.
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