NU12 by Mike Ligayo - Seatbelt with BP meter,

Prof. Jorge,

Below is my 12th NU12.

Regards,
Michael Ligayo

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SMART CAR PART 2

I recently made an NU12 entry on the "smart car". In that entry, the "smart car" was linked to a downloadable smartphone application with a lot of proposed features that will make the "smart car" work more efficiently and safely. The tools available on the smartphone were tapped to make it work with the "smart car".

In this entry, additional features to the "smart car" will be proposed, still in the effort of making it safer and more efficient.

The Blood Pressure Measuring Seatbelt

In a program I watched on the ABSCBN News Channel, the speaker from LTO mentioned that one of the major causes of road rage is when a person is hungry. In his words, "ang taong gutom ay mas mainitin ang ulo". Unfortunately, there is no real measure of hunger of a person except indirectly through his blood pressure. Significant changes on a person's blood pressure can be experienced if he / she is hungry. This is the basis of the "blood pressure measuring seatbelt". Obviously, the seatbelt, when worn by the driver, will have the ability to measure the blood pressure of the driver. This will give a general condition of the driver as to whether he is fit or not to drive, not only if he is hungry or not. Extremely low or extremely high blood pressure is a signal that the person is not fit to drive. To make it smarter, the car can automatically stop its engine or switch to "auto-pilot" if it finds that the driver is not fit to drive. The destination can be configured through its GPS. 3

The Driver's License Barcode Scanner

One of the most common violations of drivers is driving without license. There are probably thousands of reasons why drivers do so – forgotten, lost, don't have and many, many others. The bottom line is that it is a violation to do so. This is the reason why the "smart car" should adapt to this. Simply, the driver has to scan his / her license and to be able to match the license with the driver, the steering wheel of the car will have a fingerprint scanner. This way, the "smart car" would be able to ensure that the driver has his / her driver's license and that the owner of the license is the one driving. Without scanning the correct license to match the fingerprint, the engine of the car won't start. Obviously, upon the purchase of the "smart car", the driver has to register his / her license and fingerprint. The "smart car" can also tell if the driver's license is already expired or not. (or have this in your Android Phone) 3