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Honda's Smartphone Airbag Video is Awesome
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just... don't let the airbag go off when the phone is inside user's pocket. front pocket worse than the back pocket. especially for males. >_>
edit: or in a bag/case full of less-than-legal substances (i.e. drop the bag with the phone in it)... or full of samples for medical testing... >_>_>
edit: or in a bag/case full of less-than-legal substances (i.e. drop the bag with the phone in it)... or full of samples for medical testing... >_>_>
Repelsteeltje
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shinkueagle
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It's just a prototype and I bet the production model/version with be a much more compact solution to make a very viable option for the end-user. Couple that with a price tag of about $50-80 and I will be waiting in line to get my own case-N just N-case I drop my phone from the 6th story of a building, I will not have to worry too much...
lp231
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By logic, how can one drop their smartphone from 6 story building?
Unless it's done on purpose or that person is drunk, has butter fingers, and is waving hands around like manic, where the phone looses from his grasp and in thrown off the 6 story balcony.
Quarkzquarkz
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You guys are idiots, if you took even the most basic science class in High school, you would realize that in free fall, it would take at least greater than 2 seconds of complete freefall for the airbags to deploy, Not to mention the amount of time it takes from the end of 2 seconds, then to trigger the code to deploy, then the actual deploy, ON top of that the probability it will actually fall from a height high enough to cause the freefall for anything greater than 2 seconds which is nearly impossible in everyday situations.
In other words, you're wasting your TIME, jeezus christ, I just wanna punch a hole in the wall from all this ignorancy.. =(
In other words, you're wasting your TIME, jeezus christ, I just wanna punch a hole in the wall from all this ignorancy.. =(
qlum
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I think the biggest problem with adding an airbag into a phone is that you need to inflate really fast and to do that regular airbags use small explosives, now to blow up a bag big enough to protect your phone you may need more explosive then you'd want in a phone besides that it does add to the mass of the phone and because of the low speed and acceleration that a normal shake would also trigger the airbag.
Not to mention with the extra space needed for the airbag to properly work you'd be better off with other protection on the phone.
Not to mention with the extra space needed for the airbag to properly work you'd be better off with other protection on the phone.
Jeff Bezos already has the patent on this anyway....
http://www.techhive.com/article/237997/amazon_ceo_invents_airbags_for_your_cell_phone.html
http://www.techhive.com/article/237997/amazon_ceo_invents_airbags_for_your_cell_phone.html
PlayingMantis
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No one noticed the brochure for the Honda N wagon during the video? Looks similar to a Scion xB.
Uberragen21
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That would be awesome! You wouldn't need a chick to get blown...
On a lighter note, I love how nimble and pocket-sized this fabulous case is!
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