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Nissan Signal Shield Uses 1830s Technology For A 2017 Problem

Medicinal castor oil, penny-farthing bicycles, public spittoons – these are just a small selection of ‘ideas’ from yesteryear that don’t really fit the mould in 2017.  But Nissan believes there’s merit to some ideas from ou


Medicinal castor oil, penny-farthing bicycles, public spittoons - these are just a small selection of ‘ideas’ from yesteryear that don’t really fit the mould in 2017. 

But Nissan believes there’s merit to some ideas from our past, reviving a 180-year-old invention to tackle a very 21st century problem.

The carmaker has used a Victorian-era Faraday cage from the 1830s to construct a new armrest concept designed to block mobile phone technology to reduce distracted driving.

Using conductive metals, English scientist Michael Faraday invented the Faraday cage as a device to block electromagnetic fields.

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