And here you were thinking Mercedes-Benz's
Attention Assist system was
the thing in driver alertness aides. In a rather odd, nearly jocose press release,
Nissan has revived our faith in corporate R&D with the glorious introduction of the Forest AC. In short, this new air conditioning system "systematically controls cabin temperature, ventilation, aroma and humidity to create an optimal interior environment." Still bewildered? It means that the system can tap into an array of sensors in order to find out exactly what environment is best for your current state of mind, and if it needs to, it'll blast your nostrils with gusts of fresh forest in order to increase alertness while keeping stress levels down. The zaniest part of all, however, isn't the idea of using
various aromas to keep one's
attention; it's the fact that this system is actually scheduled for installation on a vehicle (the Fuga) that'll ship this fiscal year in Japan.
posted Jul 27th 2009 7:17AM
Nice, but I think that would make me sleepier.
Especially when Carbon Monoxide get mixed up in the cabin with all those nice easy breezy smells...
If your car stinks because you are a filthy smoker just use some Fe-Breeze auto (recommended by motor trend)
Nubs!
I assure you, I am not a filthy smoker.
Cold breezy air + aroma = optimum sleeping conditions
I didn't even mention the grapeseed polyphenol filter.
It's all fun and game until your car decides you're an endangerment to yourself and kills you.
Why does Google Translate say that Fuga means "The failure" ?
I'm not sure how I feel about a car that shoots plasmaclusters at me.
Plasmacluster technology is amazing. It gave me superpowers!!!
It's not a big deal. My Japanese Sharp air conditioner has the same feature. I never use it because it doesn't make much difference.
Besides, if people are smoking in their cars and munching on drive-thru Big macs, that forest smell isn't going to make your car any more pleasant.
I misread that as 'plasmacutter' for a moment.
I'd love for my car to come with a plasma cutter. You never know when you'll need to dismember alien creatures on a spaceship. Or just that asshole that cut you off on the interstate.
i thought hydrogen sulfide is more effective....
ammonia too....
This will be good to dissolve sticky farts that are encapsulated in the car
Crack a window Nasty Mc Gee.
Hey! I invented this YEARS ago! Step 1: Buy one of those Cherry Scented Pines. Step 2. Take out of bag. Step 3. Hang from AC Vent.
If you need a detailed guide, paypal me $10 and I send you a guided handbook called: Stupid Inventions no one really needed in first place.
I can do this with my rear end and get quality results...
Intriguing.
Nice idea, but the human olfactory sense is pretty poor and shuts down any new smell after about 10 minutes. Unless thing is changing up the odour every few minutes you're not going to notice much. It's also worth noting in the same breath that there is a limit to the number of different sequential smells you can discern in a given time period.
Useless Japanese 'ingenuity'... Apple, please release an iCar
LOL, it'll have a tiny gas tank that you have to send back to Apple to refill!
I couldn't sleep at night if I ever spent any money on this piece of crap functionality. So yeah, I guess it would be effective.
Nothing new here. In other news, man lands on the Moon.
skunky smell probably makes people more alert, wether they like it is another topic
Cant wait to hack this and emit farts.
The Fuga goes by the Infiniti M label in the United States.
i can see this concept working for like a simulation ride at disney or something but i would be afraid to have this in my car. for some reason when i saw the picture i thought of people having like asbestos or something.
How about some Weed with my fresh air?
This opens up the possibility for all kinds of nasty pranks... pop open the hood and throw in some skatole instead of "fresh breeze" for a real eye-opening driving experience.
Doe urine works the best. Just dump it in the air intake below the windshield.
Wow, what a waste of R&D, Nissan should have done it like BMW. BMW is committed to engineering to build a better driver's car such as improving safety and mechanical components.
I don't need that fancy schmancy setup as long as my wife eats those lentils...that shit would wake up Michael Jackson--without the nose.
Ewwww who broke win...Ooooo cherries.
Get ready for the cancer rates to rise...
I work for Nissan, you're not going to like what we charge for topping off the scent tank. :D
Other than the scent, Nissan Corp has been using this grapeseed polyphenol and plasma cluster air filteration for a couple years now in a few of their Infiniti vehicles. It's not new, just the addition of the scent is. It also includes automatic air recirculation which uses sensors that detect the quality of air coming into the cabin. If it reaches a certain level, the hvac system automatically closes off the cabin and no longer takes in air from outside the vehicle until it detects the air outside has returned to a "less polluted" state (essentially when you're driving behind a diesel truck or bus, it closes the intake vents and uses the air inside the vehicle).