Transparent vehicles

Japanese experts have introduced a prototype vehicle that allows the driver to see through the vehicle and see the exterior.

In Die Another Day on 007, James Bond drives an invisible Aston Martin Vanquish gliding across the frozen lake.

Now a similar car is about to be launched in the near future, only the other is 'stealth' in front of the driver while outsiders still clearly see the shape of the car.

James Bond stealth car - (Image: Twentieth Century Fox)

The Sunday Times quotes Masahiko Inami of Keio University in Japan as saying that the driver will feel like driving a glass car.

According to the design, was applied on a Toyota Prius, two cameras are placed on the lid of the car back to the panorama in the back.

The computer will synthesize the obtained image and reflect on the car seat to create the illusion that the rear of the car is transparent when viewed from the driver's seat.

A Japanese automaker says it is ready to work with Keio University's lab to produce new models, and this time not only is the car's parts repainted The driver watches 'piercing' through the car.

Researchers hope to reduce traffic accidents caused by impaired driver visibility.