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We've all seen it. Inattentive drivers trying to balance piloting a two-ton hunk of metal down a busy street with keeping up to date with WhatsApp convos, putting themselves, their passengers, and everybody in close vicinity in danger. Countless local news stories and statistics have told us just how hazardous and ill-advised driving distracted can be, so we're not gonna beat a dead horse here. We can all agree that texting and driving is very, very bad, right? Good.

To combat that, Nissan Great Britain announced today it's testing an idea that it hopes will put an end to phone-based distractions in the driver's seat. They call it the 'Signal Shield,' and it's based on a nearly 200-year-old invention, the Faraday cage. Integrated into the Juke's armrest, think of it as a mini-bomb shelter for your phone. It's a small, closed compartment that cuts off any and all wireless communications to and from anything inside. Think of it as a physical implementation of airplane mode.


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