Black Box

NASA has successfully carried out the first of three airborne tests for its Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD), a saucer shaped test vehicle which will one day be used to slow down scientific payloads entering the atmosphere of Mars.

The Hövding airbag collar that we first covered in 2010 when it was originally shown off to the world by its inventors, industrial designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, has now officially gone on sale.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed that all light vehicles sold in the U.S. must be equipped with an event data recorder, by September 2014.

The insurethebox system uses telematics to monitor teens' driving habits, and rewards good drivers with savings on their car insurance.

The iCar Black Box app lets your iPhone double as an accident recording system.

A former road racing cyclist has invented a bicycle video system that lets cyclists see behind them, and that automatically records any accidents they're involved in.

The Hövding (Chieftain) is an airbag collar called that inflates to enclose the head of a cyclist in the event of an accident.

The Mobileye C2-270 collision warning system alerts drivers of imminent collisions with other vehicles or pedestrians.