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Technology Connections - The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 6 months ago (2 children)

As he alludes to, this is different on Teslas. Where in an attempt to save a few bucks on a simple sensor they're using "machine learning" to detect rain with the front-facing camera and it doesn't fucking work.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

NO SENSOR

ONLY CAMERA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

The camera is many sensors.

You can overload anything by tasking it to do too much.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 months ago

To be fair, a few dollar sensor would also require a harness, space on the windshield, some computing power, and a bunch of wiring.

They have a history of being cheap, and it's worth it to make it work, but it's quite an exaggeration to say it's just the sensor they're saving money on.