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Date: Thursday, 06. November 2008

The National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) developed by the University of Iowa is a very expensive project aimed at serving the research community. Now there's a mini NADS that's designed to be more affordable and portable.

The NADS was the result of a $50 million project conducted under the aegis of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is billed as "the most sophisticated research driving simulator in the world." It's housed in a large dome which can accommodate entire cars and the cabs of trucks and buses mounted on a motion platform which allows almost 400 meters horizontal and longitudinal travel and nearly 360 degrees of rotation.

A driver can feel acceleration, braking and steering cues as if actually driving a real car, truck or bus.

The NADS MiniSim is designed to harness the power of the larger NADS computer and offer a portable version which can be conveniently utilized for research, development, clinical and training applications.

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Leonid24Miheev,

быстрые грузчики харьков для любых работ

tifany,

it was frustrted to being failed 2nd time having driving course.everytime some mistakes took place but simuride made the 3rd chance valuable to me to have a driving license.

Andrew Veit,

This article is about the NADS MiniSim, an affordable PC-based driving simulator platform. It can support both driver training and research applications, heavy-trucks too. It can be configured as a single or multi-screen desktop system, or as a 1/4-cab system with multiple displays. Come visit us at:
Andrew Veit
MiniSim Program Manager
National Advanced Driving Simulator
The University of Iowa
319-335-4361

chandramohan,

Is there any viability of giving the same kind of training to people in india

terrence,

hi can you send me the specs of this machine also pics and prices

julien,


this software is dedicated to research and engineering, to road infrastructure, to driver behaviour analysis, dynamic model prototyping, traffic research...
it is an all in one software.

at the same time, the SCANeR DT software is available for driver training purpose.

Tiffany Nieves,

I am the marketing coordinator for GEICO Auto Insurance, and I am looking for a portable driving simulator to use for our annual distracted awareness day. Any suggestion on obtaining more information contact tnieves@geico.com

DK,

Jose,

You can get info from here;

The National Advanced Driving Simulator
The University of Iowa
2401 Oakdale Blvd.
Iowa City, IA 52242-5003
phone:319.335.4673

Jose Gonzalez,

How can I get more info. and pricing on the Mini NADS? I work for a Driving School and we are looking into a simulator.

Email: jgonzalez@workforceessentials.com


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