Drivers instinctively brace themselves before a sudden impact or drastic acceleration or deceleration. But this is impossible when the impact is completely unexpected. So the University of Udine in Italy has come up with a substitution(WO 03/049976).
Before setting out on a journey, the car driver fixes electrodes to the back of the neck. A sensor in the car responds to any sudden change of speed by sending mild shocks, felt as stings, through the electrodes. The shocks cause the driver’s muscles to contract in preparation for impact. This reduces oscillations of the head by 70 per cent…
