Sunglasses for Driving at Night
Posted by bensto in Sunglasses on 03 18th, 2008
Darkness not only take away light from the scene when you’re driving, it also takes out contrast, leaving a night driver with the bright spotlight cast by the car’s headlights, and any other place where light is cast by streetlights, a full moon, billboard lights, etc. It’s a light/dark world with no degree of shade or contrast. High-end sports watch maker Tag Heuer has recognized that the ability to see varying degrees of light and dark can add that contrast and have created a pair of Night Vision glasses to help drivers to see – even when no light is cast.
Initially designed to help drivers in the 24 Hours of LeMans auto race, the Tag Hauer glasses amp up contrast by correcting the low-light short-sightedness of the human eye, which only sees about 10% at night. The pale yellow lenses offer constant clear, sharp vision with a very high light transmission rate in order to contrast dark blue and green surroundings without changing color perception. In addition, the lenses are anti-reflective to reduces glare and increase sharpness, taking added strain off the eyes.
The titanium frames come Wide and Panorama, and have anti-slip elastomere arms to keep them on your head. Extra designs include infra red glasses to see better in the harsh light environment of snow or beaches where ultra violet rays and infra read heat are reflected in the eyes up to 80%.
read comments (0)BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Car
Posted by bensto in BMW on 03 7th, 2008Finally BMW revealed info of that have been hearing about for the 2008 Geneva Motor Show. Marking the world premiere of BMW Vision EfficientDynamics, the concept will showcase an X5 equipped with mild ActiveHybrid technology combined with a twin-turbocharged diesel engine.
According BMW, the concept delivers the best fuel-economy and lowest emissions of any large SUV currently on sale. The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics gets 43.5mpg (converted to 36mpg U.S.) and delivers just 172g/km of CO2 emissions.
With Powered by a 2.0 liter 4-cylinder twin-turbo diesel engine, the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics produces 204 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque. 0-62mph comes in at 8.9 seconds. The engine is combined with a mild hybrid system that delivers a further 20 horsepower and 154 lb-ft of torque under acceleration.
