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Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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I look forward to the problem of speed bumps disappearing when self driving cars take over. In the mean time, I know everyone hates it, but automated camera based speeding ticket systems would be cheaper and more effective than non-Newtonian speed bumps. We're also at a point in technology where cars could easily know the local speed limit and enforce it themselves.

I think its a little naive to expect these cars not to be modified for a speed advantage. The same way I can get stuck behind a pickup that's clearly not giving the emissions from its factory settings due to its owner's modifications and most likely illegal ones but with very little political will to stop. Or how people speed nowadays without consequences.

Automated cars will have the same issues. We'll see a 3rd party mod and chip market immediately. "Go 20% over the limit" and "cut through alleys" and "aggressively pass and change lanes" or "ride the shoulder in heavy traffic" mods will be everywhere.

Heck, we're kinda there now. Recently Google maps asked me to use an alley as a through street, which I found a little off-putting. Alleys aren't designed for thru traffic, have cars and people backing in and out, have children playing basketball, etc.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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"BIV baden inteligente de velocidad This Intelligent Speed Bump (BIV) is based in Non-Newtonian fluids dynamics in which particles in natural movement as liquid align when receiving an impact, thus entering into a solid state. This fluid is also biodegradable and harmless for human beings.This fluid inside the BIV is the solution to vehicles at sensible speed that will find no obstacle when driving over it. The other…

Very cool!! Out of curiosity, why is it only available indoors?

Maybe the non-Newtonian fluid isn't very fluid at all under certain temperatures?

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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Interesting but how is this really better than just laying down a few extra layers of asphalt to create a traditional speed bump?

Also, I feel like there's a risk here that the average person will have trouble understanding how such an unusual speed bump works. Therefore, it may end up causing damage to more cars.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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I stopped watching the video when they put a sexy lady dipping a finger in the liquid. Seriously it's 2017, you're trying to sell technology and you still objectify women.

Devil's advocate: maybe she's one of the designers and happened to volunteer because she likes being a face. I think it's unusual that they'd go this route, and maybe it would sell better if the model was a man in a suit, but if this is the way to go then I'm not holding it against them.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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Interesting but how is this really better than just laying down a few extra layers of asphalt to create a traditional speed bump? Also, I feel like there's a risk here that the average person will have trouble understanding how such an unusual speed bump works. Therefore, it may end up causing damage to more cars.

The idea isn't bad, but like most new car tech it doesn't consider the harsher climates from northern countries.

Cold and snow are tough problems to solve when implementing those.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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I stopped watching the video when they put a sexy lady dipping a finger in the liquid. Seriously it's 2017, you're trying to sell technology and you still objectify women.

Grow up, and quit attempting to apply and project your moralism and sexism to other cultures.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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post #140

I look forward to the problem of speed bumps disappearing when self driving cars take over. In the mean time, I know everyone hates it, but automated camera based speeding ticket systems would be cheaper and more effective than non-Newtonian speed bumps. We're also at a point in technology where cars could easily know the local speed limit and enforce it themselves.

I think its a little naive to expect these cars not to be modified for a speed advantage. The same way I can get stuck behind a pickup that's clearly not giving the emissions from its factory settings due to its owner's modifications and most likely illegal ones but with very little political will to stop. Or how people speed nowadays without consequences. Automated cars will have the same issues. We'll see a 3rd par…

Emissions is a problem that could go away with technology as well.

But speed advantage over other cars on the road is a mostly emotional desire that matters to human drivers. Cars with speed advantage are marketed as such right now. I do think that marketing will disappear when cars go driverless.

And don't forget we are in this case talking about people illegally speeding. You are not legally entitled to use your speed advantage to drive at twice the speed limit in a neighborhood with a school zone, even if there's a smoky pickup in front of you. And yet, if we don't put speed bumps in the way, some people will choose to do so anyway, putting others at risk. A kid in my neighborhood was killed just a couple of weeks ago by someone speeding, and there are several speed bumps near me that were installed immediately after children were hit.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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"BIV baden inteligente de velocidad This Intelligent Speed Bump (BIV) is based in Non-Newtonian fluids dynamics in which particles in natural movement as liquid align when receiving an impact, thus entering into a solid state. This fluid is also biodegradable and harmless for human beings.This fluid inside the BIV is the solution to vehicles at sensible speed that will find no obstacle when driving over it. The other…

Very cool!! Out of curiosity, why is it only available indoors?

It's all fun and games until somebody drains your speed bump.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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I stopped watching the video when they put a sexy lady dipping a finger in the liquid. Seriously it's 2017, you're trying to sell technology and you still objectify women.

That's cause this video is from 2010. Yes, this is SEVEN YEARS old proposed technology. Read the comments - this didn't go anywhere. Even with the creepy model.

Re: Smarter speed bump using non-Newtonian liquid

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Mercedes has a neat solution for speed bumps as well. "Two cameras located at the top of the windscreen scan the streets and setup the suspension to absorb the bumps." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQsMfHg6jIE

Neat meaning "does not have to slow down and can keep on killing pedestrians"?

Speed bumps are hell on cars even when they are going slowly. This can reduce the wear on the suspension and ride components without removing the "Go slower" motivation of the bump
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