Every time we turn our head around, the auto manufacturers are always developing loads of new sensors and displays. At what point actually does a driver hit the sensory overload? That is a question prompting John Morrell, a man who works at Yale School of Engineering as an associate professor, to locate 20 vibrating mobile phone motors in a rectangular range inside the driver’s seat. It is called the vibrating auto seat.

Some different warning signals were devised in this vibrating auto seat. It included the positional warnings, in which a person approaches closely behind will automatically set off the center of the range, meanwhile a car that is approaches from the right or left will automatically set off the motors on the right or left respectively.

The first tests were done on such simulator based on TORCS or the Open Racing Car Simulator platform. So far, things look quite promising. Gizmag mentioned that the vibrotactile feedbacks improve the performance of the drivers over that has attained by only using the rearview mirror. It also helps to warn of vehicles that are hidden by mirror blind spot. When drivers drive a car with vibrating auto seat in it, it will give alerts and can also minimize accidents.