Nissan Engineers Wear “Aging Suit” to Understand Seniors

April 17th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

There’s nothing like a project to learn new stuff. In that case, the project is to construct automobiles that are better suited for senior citizens. To understand how it feels to be a senior driver, Nissan engineers wear that “aging suit” and a pair of goggles to simulate the same challenge of mobility, balance and vision that their

customers face daily. An engineer comments that “it is very difficult to drive” after a short test-drive. There you go. Now that engineers know precisely what’s going on, they can put their minds into solving it

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