Maybach S-Class Packs Over A Million Pixels Into Its New Digital Headlights
Mercedes-Benz has been responsible for a staggering list of safety innovations. And many of those have debuted first on the S-Class. Now the top of that line is introducing a new safety technology. Implemented on certain examples of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is a new Digital Light system that’s far more advanced than any headlights we’ve seen to date. The system encompasses over a million pixels of illumination in each of the headlamps. What’s more is they can be individually controlled by the on-board computers to project specific symbols onto the road to help the driver stay on the proverbial straight and narrow. For one, the system takes the Adaptive Highbeam Assist function even further by selectively switching off individual lighting elements when a vehicle approaches in the opposite direction to avoid blinding the other driver. But that’s just the tip of this digital iceberg. The Digital Light system can also project warnings onto the road surface for th...