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Discussion (6 Comments)Read Original on HackerNews

ofrzeta•32 minutes ago
So this only works if you have walls opposite of this corner?
libria•15 minutes ago
It seems to require a lidar reflective object. Likely more generally, the effectiveness lowers the less objects there are to bounce and return signal.

It could probably work with less accuracy/resolution against visible vehicles in the opposite lane, a hedgerow, postal box, pedestrian carrying a visible laptop and possibly synthesize all of these to improve its guess.

cuechan•about 2 hours ago
Why not just place a mirror at 45 degrees in the corner? That way you don't need the lidar but you can just look around the corner? It would also work better with the lidar.
devmor•about 1 hour ago
I would be interested in seeing your visual mockups of how such a solution works on one of the article’s examples, like a car.
wongarsu•17 minutes ago
Like this: https://c8.alamy.com/compde/t0580m/der-verkehr-kurve-spiegel...

Or this: https://cdn-01-artemis.media-brady.com/Assets/ImageRoot/DMEU...

Reasonably common in difficult corners in Germany and Austria. Probably elsewhere too.

The downside is that it's road infrastructure that has to be installed. The upside is that it works for everyone, including people in 20 year old cars or on bicycles.

dietrichsam•about 1 hour ago
Every car just needs n number of mirrors on articulating joints and to sense any oncoming cars that need to see around a corner and then receive a command to reposition said mirror.