Researchers are developing smart shock absorbers that would smooth out bumps experienced by moving vehicles. Bayer, a chemicals company in Leverkusen, Germany, has developed an electro-rheological fluid for the shock absorbers. The fluid allows shocks to adjust when a car passes over bumps. The product developed by Schenck, a Darmstadt based company would be available in the market by the year 2000. It would be fitted with an array of sensors to constantly monitor road surface and vertical movement of the vehicle's wheels.