| Seat belts are a great safety feature for cars, | | | | thing for space craft, space stations, and |
| trucks, and other vehicles. Motorcycles do not | | | | off-planet colonies prior to quakes or incoming |
| have any, but race cars, aircraft, and space craft | | | | asteroid detection. The seat can conform around |
| do. Now I suspect that in the future seat belt | | | | your legs, back, and even protect your heat by |
| systems will be much different than they are | | | | wrapping around your skull. It could save your life. |
| today. The reality is that seat belts are not a | | | | Airliner seats might nearly encapsulate you prior |
| very good design, unless you are talking a | | | | to impact, there would be few deaths, and all of |
| multi-point belt system like fighter planes or | | | | this technology is nearly here with |
| aircraft. Normal seat belts just run people the | | | | carbon-nano-tube sheet materials, which are |
| wrong way. Along comes new high-tech shape | | | | flexible and 250 times stronger than steel. No |
| shifting materials to change that game forever. | | | | more need to worry about your brittle bones and |
| Let me explain; | | | | soft skinned shell. Since, these materials will be |
| Have you ever put your carcass in a roller | | | | lighter as well, that means better fuel economy |
| coaster ride where the bar comes down over | | | | and use of energy as well. |
| you? It seems to be a one-size fits all system, | | | | What's preventing this potential eventuality and |
| and yet, has multiple locking points, still, it also | | | | probable future? Right now only cost, but don't |
| leaves a lot to be desired. I am sure you agree | | | | despair because the military and space efforts |
| although you accept this as being adequate and | | | | can afford it now. It will make things lighter, and |
| for the most part it pretty much is, but we can | | | | they will save on fuel, performance, and safety. |
| do better in the future with shape shifting | | | | Eventually these hand-me-down transfer |
| materials. Imagine you are in the dining room on a | | | | technologies will be available in your hybrid BMW |
| cruise ship and you hit rough seas. | | | | for freeway safety. Give it a decade or so, we |
| Shape shifting seats can conform to you rear end | | | | will get there. After all, that's my job in writing |
| to keep in place - you get more comfort and | | | | articles, introducing new concepts to the world. |
| safety, and the haptic embedded sensors, with | | | | Hey, every idea has to start somewhere. Think |
| Artificial Intelligent chips allow the material to mold | | | | on that. Share your innovations, concepts, and |
| to your individual body type. We can do the same | | | | ideas too. |