Fighting driver fatigue with blue light - a new application of research by Marc Hébert

Read an article in La Presse reporting how research by professor Marc Hébert, of the CERVO Brain Research Centre, has led to an invention to fight tiredness at the wheel.

Fatigue at the wheel kills tens of Quebecers every year, and injures thousands more.  To combat this scourge, a researcher at Université Laval and a technological investor joined forces to develop an invention.

The idea: using the infamous blue light which undermines sleep when we watch our screens before bed to stimulate awareness of drivers. 

Read the story in dans LaPresse+ (in French only):

Une invention québécoise contre la fatigue au volant

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