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I was thinking about exactly this possibility just a few weeks ago. Always nice to see a new, innovative technology that allows higher granularity in control, without pushing additional bloat or further limiting other areas of user controls..

To anyone wondering this essentially turns your brake pedal into a gas-like brake pedal.

Now what I'm wondering is, can we tie this all to the brake-light brightness?

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As a species, people perceive brightness non-linearly and it even differs between individuals and with age. You would want to have a group of break lights could you light up in relation to the braking Force. 30% brightness is hard to figure out but one of three brake lights is easier to grock.

I thought of such a beast for a long while... that it would be cool to have an LED array that increased in numbers based on brake pressure.

Aside: anyone else ever been driving behind a large vehicle with the brake lights out? That's a not fun exercise right there.

how does this improve the driving experience?

Is "i wonder how hard they're breaking" really a problem?

People drive too close to each other already

When you're on a highway at 75-80mph in Phoenix towards the evening sun, and see a couple brake-lights ahead it can help understand the massive difference in terms of do I need to slam my own brakes or just take my foot off the accelerator alone.

Brake lights already flash if you brake hard.

brake lights are already disconnected from the brake pedal. many ev brake lights will come one based on deceleration, without touching the brake pedal.