Uber wants to cure travel sickness with light, air blasts and moving seats

Patent reveals system designed to stimulate self-driving car passengers to eliminate motion sickness so they can read, work or play in transit

Uber is working on a system to prevent travel sickness in cars, which it sees as a barrier to the adoption of self-driving vehicles, stopping people from doing other things as they are ferried to their destination.

According to a patent, which describes a "sensory stimulation system for autonomous vehicles", Uber plans to use vibrating and moving seats, the flow of air targeting the face or other part of the body, and light bars and screens to prevent passengers from feeling travel sick.