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Iowa Magazine highlights NADS
An archive edition of the Big Ten Network's Iowa Magazine outlines the facility and staff. more »
Virtual Iowa City
Everyone's favorite midwestern hamlet... in pixels. more »
The NADS-1 driving simulator
The NADS-1 provides the highest fidelity driving simulation platform in the world. more »
Teaching safe driving skills
Our series of driver training exercises and instruction are being used to train fleet drivers more »
The NADS MiniSim™
The driving simulation platform that's scalable, portable, and powerful. more »
The NADS-2 simulator
Fixed-base driving simulation. more »

	The Driver Seat - The official newsletter of NADS The January 2012 edition features stories about the new additions to NADS staff and facilities as well as highlights of research collaborations. View the PDF
	Celebrating 10 years of driving simulation! It seems like just yesterday, but NADS has been busy defining driving simulation excellence for a full decade.
	The NADS MiniSim™ NADS has developed a low-cost, PC-based driving simulation platform open to and supported by it's own worldwide community of users and NADS software developers. Watch the video \| Visit the MiniSim website

Current News

03-28-2012	CNN's Lizzie O'Leary takes to the road in the NADS-1 simulator to demonstrate the hazards of distracted driving more »

03-05-2012	NADS featured in Discovery Channel feature: "Patient Ed: Life Behind the Wheel" more »

08-03-2011	An Idea Worth Pursuing more »

06-22-2011	AllCarTech.com highlights NADS' research on alcohol impairment detection more »

06-07-2011	NHTSA Regional meeting attendees tour NADS

05-12-2011	True North Insurance and NADS host heavy truck safety summit
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is the host, developer, and operator of the world's most advanced ground vehicle simulator. From its inception, the mission of NADS continues to be to help our research partners save lives, and reduce the costs of vehicle crashes by better understanding the impact of technology, pharmaceuticals and other factors on driving performance. Learn more about our organization See what we've accomplished


	Safe Tractor Operations The purpose of this research study is to investigate the cognitive development skills necessary for safe youth tractor operations. If you agree to take part in ... Learn more...
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Iowa Magazine highlights NADS