Engineer envisions tractor that will warn driver of dangers
By Christine Des Garennes
Monday March 6, 2006
Robert K. O'Daniell
Qi Wang, left, graduate research assistant, and Qin Zhang, an associate professor in the University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, display the video input device for the rollover prevention system.
Except for maybe Hal of "2001: A Space Odyssey" fame or the possessed trucks in the 1986 film "Maximum Overdrive," machines have been pretty good helpmates for us human beings.
Especially when we're a little forgetful or reckless.
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