We've seen some interesting ideas for improving automotive safety, such as Ford's talking cars and touchscreen steering wheels. Most of that improvement has been focused on increasing driver reflexes ...

As you might have heard by now, Audi finally launched laser headlights in the United States. It has been a long wait considering that BMW beat its arch-rival by debuting the first production car with ...

Ever since America escaped the tyranny of the round and rectangular sealed beams, there's been continuous and determined progress in the field of seeing at night with your car. We've gone from ...

BMW announced last week that it will include laser headlights in one of its high-end cars within the next few years. Laser diodes are an attractive light source for headlights for several reasons.

BMW will be the first manufacturer to offer laser headlights in a production car, but it won’t be the only carmaker to do so. This fall, BMW plans to release its new i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, ...

In our Weekly Innovation series, we pick an interesting idea, design or product that you may not know about yet. Do you have an innovation to share? Use our form. If you thought LED headlights were ...

If you've never seen this name before, it isn't for lack of sheer volume. Since he began writing professionally in 2009, Richard's stuffed the web with approximately a million words a year on subjects ...

Not all that many fans of the Porsche 911 spend their nights thinking about the kind of lights available on the rear-engined machine. Nevertheless, when you actually head into a dealership to buy a ...

DETROIT -- Your next car’s headlights could be brighter and more focused, illuminating farther down the road but continually shifting to avoid shining into the eyes of other drivers. Multi-LED ...

Headlights typically serve one purpose -- helping drivers see the road. To illuminate the asphalt at night the lights traditionally had two settings. Low beams for driving around town and passing ...

In our Weekly Innovation series, we pick an interesting idea, design or product that you may not know about yet. Do you have an innovation to share? Use our form. If you thought LED headlights were ...