Research Of Smart Airbags Produced Surprising Results. The Expected New Designs

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Term Paper Title	Research Of Smart Airbags Produced Surprising Results. The Expected New Designs
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Research of smart airbags produced surprising results. The expected new designs using innovative technology for solutions to the serious problems with airbags were virtually non-existent. Articles contained reports of the dangers and injuries caused by airbags. Most articles agree that the need to develop a smart airbag is clear. The method of collision detection recognition of crash severity needs improvement. Information provided by most sites alluded to or outlined aggressive efforts to design methods of sensing potential danger and subsequently disarming or depowering the airbag. This trend for improvement causes a debate over the necessity, value and/or risk of having airbags at all. Some articles expressed personal opinions over these issues. Only one site found outlined an option that did not require disarming airbags, 'smart skin' sensors. Most 'smart' airbags are being designed to simply not inflate when there is danger potential. The issue of toxins released by current airbags was mentioned, but no solutions were offered for this problem. One wonders whether this system should be further developed, or airbags should be abandoned as a safety device.

Air bags are an extensively used occupant safety feature in vehicles. Unfortunately, reports of air bags causing injuries have become common. The need to develop a "smart air bag" is clear. These smart air bags will have to address the problems faced by today's bags. Better impact detecting systems, deployment control, and environmental conscience will be necessary for improvement. Some proposals for enhancement of this safety feature have been suggested. These proposals do not address all the problems caused by current air bag use. There is still much research and development required to produce the desired smart air bag.
Introduction
Air bags have been designed to be used in conjunction with seat belts to reduce car accident injury. They are intended to protect the face and head in high-speed collisions when a seat belt may not provide sufficient restraint. Air bags have been designed to deploy in frontal impacts, but a seat belt is the only protection in other types of crashes. (Jost, October 1996, p.68).
Air bags have become a topic for debate as evidence has been reported of their hazards. They have been mandated for use in the U.S. on all "...cars, vans and light trucks by 1998." (Silverberg and Ondrey, 1996, p.43). The air bag debate is of interest to Canadians, since "Canadians get the same...

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