http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/ Engadget Comments for Fujitsu Ten unveils DREC1000 in-car accident recorder http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/
One problem; the same fun can be had with a couple USB Webcams and a Neuros OSD:
http://open.neurostechnology.com/node/586]]>Oct 17th 2006 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/Oct 17th 2006 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/Oct 17th 2006 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/These recorders have been in use for a few years now in Japan, especially in taxis. Perhaps some of us have seen one like this:
http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/0406/03/news030.html

The above article is from June, 2004, and since around that time, the Japanese Department of Transportation have been researching the effectiveness of these recorders. The most recent report released in July this year found that not only you will be able to better prove your innocence in an accident, but also you are 22.7% less likely to cause an accident because you will drive more responsibly.

The particular model mentioned in Engadget's article could be the second generation of (or just delayed production of) the model mentioned in this August 2005 press release:
http://www.fujitsu-ten.co.jp/release/2005/08/20050805.html

Personally, I would like to have one of these installed in my car. It would be more interesting if you could connect it to your camcorder and record an entire trip. Of course, even if you become involved in an accident, you will be able to brag how many Gs you have endured, graphically:
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Shadyman: you and I are in the 0.1% of the marketplace that is willing to solve our own problems by combining off-the-shelf technology in a semi-obvious way. The mass market requires packaged solutions, or components that are co-marketed and clearly marked with the means for combining them. Like it says on the wall in my dev lab:

"You are not the end user."]]>Oct 17th 2006 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/Oct 17th 2006 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/Oct 18th 2006 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/Oct 18th 2006 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/17/fujitsu-ten-unveils-drec1000-in-car-accident-recorder/Even works for parking accidents, as the clips demonstrate here:

http://www.truscene.com/sampleclip1-both.htm
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