Aircraft overrun warning systems capabilities and disadvantages

Advantages and disadvantages of different methods to evaluate sleepiness warning systems

(background, aim, method, result) max 200 words: This is a methodological paper with the aim to discuss pros and cons related to different tools and environments when evaluating the effect of warnings given to sleepy drivers. There is no simple answer to the question which platform is most suitable. It depends on the research question asked, and it is possible that different aspects of the prob...

An Inexpensive Terrain Awareness and Warning System for Small Aircraft

For pilots the importance of knowing their height (distance above the ground) cannot be minimized. An error in determining height can easily prove fatal. Commercial and military aircraft usually have radio altimeters to determine their height. These units cost in the thousands of dollars, are a structural part of the aircraft, and require FAA approval. However, radio altimeters are generally no...

An early warning on early warning systems!

Hazard Warning Systems: Review

The United States has no comprehensive national warning strategy that covers all hazards in all places. Instead, public warning practices are decentralized across different governments and the private sector. Uneven preparedness to issue warnings exists across local communities; hence, people are unevenly protected from the surprise onset of natural disasters. Without changes in this situation,...

Driver Adaptive Warning Systems

Each year, many preventable highway automobile accidents involving single vehicles are caused by inattention and distraction. These accidents are classified as single vehicle road departures. Lane departure and curve negotiation warning systems are an emerging technology to help prevent these types of accidents. I plan to build a road departure warning system that learns individual driver behav...