Beyond Weight Sensors: How Tactile Sensing Could Transform Occupant Classification
As vehicle restraint systems become more intelligent, accurately understanding who is sitting in each seat and how they are positioned is becoming just as important as detecting that someone is there.
Existing occupancy sensing technologies, including weight sensors, cameras and radar, each have limitations when it comes to reliably classifying occupants across different body types and seating scenarios. We spoke with Christine Fraser, Co-Founder & COO of Brighter Signals, about how tactile sensing could provide a new layer of occupant intelligence, improve classification accuracy for vulnerable passengers, and help enable safer, more personalised restraint systems.
Seeing Machines to Showcase Rare Live Demo at InCabin Europe 2025
Driver inattention remains one of the toughest safety challenges in automotive. With Euro NCAP’s 2030 protocols set to include cognitive distraction, the industry is being pushed beyond visual detection into broader inattention management. Seeing Machines is leading that shift — and for the first time in years, they’ll showcase their technology live at InCabin Europe 2025. Read the full blog below.
Behind the Scenes at Seeing Machines: A Vision for Safer Roads
Jenny Campbell B. Rust, our Senior Content Manager, visited the Seeing Machines headquarters in Canberra for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their cutting-edge driver and occupant monitoring technology.