The Albatross 2.0 Design: The Future of Road Safety

Chard Safety is a Dutch company founded in 2005 and focusing on automotive crash safety systems. The most important ongoing project is the Deceleration Responsive Seat (DRS) concept, also called “The Albatross”. The concept is an unique automotive seat which provides safety and comfort aspects. Due to the innovative construction, there is...

Concept front-end design of future smart vehicle “pedestrian safety through vehicle design”

Over a third of all traffic relative fatalities and injuries all over the world are pedestrians and with ongoing developments the numbers are expected to rise even further. After years of research and testing in the field of crash safety and combined with legislative stimulation the automotive industry has made significant improvements in...

SOSafe: Car Safety Trough Communication

This report describes the design process of a new car safety device developed at LifeSafety Products B.V. located in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. Life Safety Products B.V. has been dependant on their number one selling product, the LIFEHAMMER®. Now they want to invest in the development of new products in the field of car safety, in order to...