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[VIDEO] How Ford Could Make Drivers Safer with Today's Wearable Computers

Ford’s new wearables research laboratory is working to integrate wearable devices and vehicles to make driver-assist technologies more aware of the driver behind the wheel

Dec 12, 2016

At Ford’s new wearables research laboratory, scientists and engineers are working to integrate wearable devices and vehicles to enable driver-assist technologies to be more aware of the driver behind the wheel – particularly when that driver is stressed or sleepy.

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