nissan's new 'forest air conditioning' system controls cabin temperature and ventilation as well as aroma and humidity to help benefit the driver's mental state while driving.

nissan worked with the tokyo university of science, to better understand the effects that aromas have on human mental activity. their findings resulted in the new 'forest AC' system which will be implemented into the new fuga model.

the 'forest AC', intermittently and alternately sprays two aromas, borneol (kapur wood, lavender and essential oil) and leaf alcohol, which is meant to 'alleviate boredom and stimulate the driver's brain.'the relaxed state allows the person to calm down from external conditions or the consequences of what he or she has done and achieves mental acuity, resulting in good work' says professor kikunori shinohara of the tokyo university of science.

another feature of the 'forest AC' is 'breezy air', which fluctuates natural breezes by changing the volume of air flowing through the upper and front vent outlets. it can detect sunlight and outside temperatures and control the ventilation patterns accordingly. the AC system also incorporates humidity control and high performance filter for pollen, odors and allergens. the air inside the cabin is ionized by the deployment of plasmacluster ions, achieving 10 times higher ion densities than in current systems.

via autoevolution


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