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Math professor's side mirror that eliminates 'blind spot' receives US patent
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| June 07, 2012
| Provided by Drexel University
Posted on 06/07/2012 1:28:19 PM PDT by Red Badger
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A side-by-side comparison of a standard flat driver's side mirror with the mirror designed by Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, mathematics professor at Drexel University. With minimal distortion, Hicks's mirror shows a much wider field of view (the wide area to the left of the silver car seen in the distance, behind the tree, in this image). Hicks's mirror has a field of view of about 45 degrees, compared to 15 to 17 degrees of view in a flat mirror. Hicks's mirror received a US patent in May 2012. Credit: R. Andrew Hicks, Drexel University
To: Red Badger
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06/07/2012 1:29:05 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
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06/07/2012 1:29:47 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
The story of this invention is going to be turned into a major motion picture starring Sandra Bullock ...
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06/07/2012 1:30:27 PM PDT
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ClearCase_guy
(Obama needs more time. After all -- Rome wasn't burned in a day.)
To: ClearCase_guy
If she’s in it, I’ll watch anything.............
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06/07/2012 1:31:43 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Think logically. Act normally.................)
To: Red Badger
I just put one of those 2 in. concave stick on mirrors on each side mirror.
Problem solved.
To: Red Badger
Um... Those 99 cent spot mirrors I have on my vehicles are better.
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posted on
06/07/2012 1:34:36 PM PDT
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Poser
(Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
To: Red Badger
This will save the lives of many motorcyclists...
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06/07/2012 1:35:24 PM PDT
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GOPJ
(Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
To: Red Badger; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows; Daffynition
Why did take 2,000 years, I axe?!
To: Red Badger
I can adjust my mirrors right now so there’s no blind spots.
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06/07/2012 1:37:50 PM PDT
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DManA
To: Red Badger
I learned to eliminate the “blind spot” years ago when I was a cab driver.
Tilt your head to the left and adjust the mirror like usual. When setting straight it covers the “blind spot”. When changing lanes – or just checking behind you – look in the mirror then tilt your head.
Of course some people are too lazy to do it.
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06/07/2012 1:39:27 PM PDT
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R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: Red Badger
Hell, I have used stick on fish eye mirrors on all my vehicles for years, and they work just fine too.
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06/07/2012 1:41:11 PM PDT
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Sea Parrot
(Youth And Brawn Are No Match For Age And Treachery. I'm Old And May Not Fight. I'll Shoot Instead.)
To: Red Badger
What “blind spot”?
As I explained to my kids when I taught them to drive, the mirror in the middle is the rear view mirror. The ones on the sides are for the SIDES.
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06/07/2012 1:41:38 PM PDT
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Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
Hmmmmm. Is it just me or does the silver car look
much further away in the new mirror?
What's his problem with the "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" label on his precious mirror?
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06/07/2012 1:45:00 PM PDT
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null and void
(Day 1234 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
To: Red Badger
Pretty amazing. One would think that after a few hundred years with analytic geometry and geometric optics available, someone would have figured this out years ago, but I guess not. My hat’s off to the inventor.
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06/07/2012 1:48:09 PM PDT
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SpaceBar
To: null and void
Those back up cams have the same problem ... what looks like almost on top of a parking bumper is still 3 ft away.
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06/07/2012 1:48:23 PM PDT
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knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Revolting cat!
Why did take 2,000 years, I axe?!Paperwork.
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06/07/2012 1:48:40 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: null and void
The mirror is not legal on the driver’s side with or without the label.
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06/07/2012 1:49:27 PM PDT
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Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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06/07/2012 1:51:10 PM PDT
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null and void
(Day 1234 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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