We’ve had heated seats, massaging seats, ventilated seats that can amazing you and seats that relocation to hold you in place when cornering. but Ford has taken automobile seat technology a step even more with seats that have the ability to discover heart attacks.
Using ‘electrocardiograph’ (heart-monitoring) sensors in the seats to discover an irregular heartbeat, combined with an in-car video camera that detects when the chauffeur slumps in his seat, the automobile can activate automated steering and braking systems to bring the automobile to a stop safely when there’s a problem. It can then ring the emergency services for you.
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Ford’s research Centre director Pim van der Jagt told the financial Times the technology is developed for when “100-year olds driving automobiles will not be abnormal in the future”. This is when heart attacks and other medical conditions could become a leading cause of accidents.
Mr van der Jagt says that “about 30 per cent of people above 65 have some kind of heart irregularity”. and with the number of older automobile buyers set to rise drastically this is an area of concern.
It is expected older buyers will want to pay extra for this technology as they recognise the likelyhood of cardiac events in later life. 
But Dr Achim Linder of the Ford research Centre added that the seat can also be used for other conditions, such as “high blood pressure or electrolyte imbalances”. 
Ford is yet to reveal when exactly this technology can be made available, but Mr van der Jagt said it could take less than five years to enter production.
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