Drexel University professor creates rearview mirror with 45-degree viewing angle.....

[JMH]

Drexel University professor creates rearview mirror with 45-degree viewing angle thanks to disco-ball design

Blind spots have long been a common (and dangerous) part of driving a car, but a new patent awarded to Drexel University in Philadelphia could help make them a thing of the past. Dr. R. Andrew Hicks has created a mirror design that is able to triple your field of view without drastic image distortion.
By using a mathematical algorithm first described by Dr. Hicks in 2008, the mirror acts like a disco ball, in the sense that light reflected off of it is bounced in different directions.
The difference in this instance is that the mirrors are so close, and so finely tuned, that light is refracted across a smooth surface at precisely controlled angles.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/8/3071856/car-mirror-disco-ball-wide-angle

 

[Corrine]

There seems to be something special about people associated with Drexel University, right jcgriff2?