DRIVER ALARM
(N.Z.PJt.-Reuter —Copyright) BALTIMORE.
A device to keep motorists from falling asleep at the wheel has been patented by a Baltimore man, Mr Andrew A, Papaminas, a former school teacher. A miniature transmitter, powered by transistors, senses the pulse-beat or the heartbeat of the driver. When the pulsation rate decreases substantially, indicating drowsiness, the transmitter flashes a message to a dash-mounted receiver, setting off an alarm and awakening the driver. Mr Papaminas said that the transmitter may be attached to the driver’s wrist or worn in the breast pocket.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30211, 16 August 1963, Page 7
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