I was thinking about exactly this possibility just a few weeks ago. Always nice to see a new, innovative technology that allows higher granularity in control, without pushing additional bloat or further limiting other areas of user controls..

To anyone wondering this essentially turns your brake pedal into a gas-like brake pedal.

Now what I'm wondering is, can we tie this all to the brake-light brightness?

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baby_souffle 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

As a species, people perceive brightness non-linearly and it even differs between individuals and with age. You would want to have a group of break lights could you light up in relation to the braking Force. 30% brightness is hard to figure out but one of three brake lights is easier to grock.

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tracker1 2 days ago | parent [-]

I thought of such a beast for a long while... that it would be cool to have an LED array that increased in numbers based on brake pressure.

Aside: anyone else ever been driving behind a large vehicle with the brake lights out? That's a not fun exercise right there.

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tekno45 2 days ago | parent [-]

how does this improve the driving experience?

Is "i wonder how hard they're breaking" really a problem?

People drive too close to each other already

	▲	tracker1 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		When you're on a highway at 75-80mph in Phoenix towards the evening sun, and see a couple brake-lights ahead it can help understand the massive difference in terms of do I need to slam my own brakes or just take my foot off the accelerator alone.

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m463 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

brake lights are already disconnected from the brake pedal. many ev brake lights will come one based on deceleration, without touching the brake pedal.