Bojan Vrbnjak
Although it is today 1. april, is a badge RooBadge how real. While modern car decals include all types radars and sensors, this Volkswagen logo is different. It has built-in directional speakers, which emit a carefully selected sound in order to kangaroos turned away from the vehicle. It serves as a sound deterrent and is being developed for all vehicles, not just VW.
As you might have guessed, there was a sign RooBadge ("Roo" is a shortened form of the word "kangaroo" in Australian English) developed down there (Down Under). VW has joined forces with kangaroo behaviorists z University of Melbourne, to learn more about the endearing mammal of the marsh family. Australian Wildlife Rescue Wires has offered to help by providing real-time data on where kangaroos are across the continent.
Besides the tag itself VW Australia also prepares a special one license plate holder, which will include the label RooBadge. The new technology is shown on Amarok vehicle, but the tablet will be universally compatible. These two items are not currently available for sale as there is still a lot of testing to be done to perfect the sound coming from the small speakers. At first it will RooBadge discouraged Eastern gray kangaroo, and later sounds are said to deter as well of the western gray kangaroo in red kangaroo. It is also being considered other animals, in order to further reduce the risk of collision with wild animals. It is in its initial stages VW tested the sounds on kangaroos found on golf courses, and then prepared a mixture of natural and synthetic sounds.
Then they were Amarok pickups, equipped with directional speakers, 360-degree cameras in motion sensors, strategically placed for six months in locations where kangaroos migrate. VW monitored their responses and confirmed that the sticker RooBadge efficient. After testing the technology with stationary vehicles, the company from Office of Research Ethics received permission to evaluate moving hardware Amaroki, which are driven at low speeds. System RooBadge, which will be developed over three years, will work with dedicated application in the vehicle that will use the data GPS and telemetry. Through places colliding with kangaroos will automatically emit sounds. In the vehicle Amarok will be available as a solution"plug & play", namely by replacing the original badge with a high-tech VW logo.
Despite wrong time of publication seems to be all together too complicated, that it was just a prank. VW he says he is already talking to partners from Europe and the United States to RooBadge became a deterrent to other animals.
