Thursday, July 24, 2014
Smart Cars: Smart Than Us
Technology in cars can go both ways. Internet phone services might not be as useful as braking assist in terms of saving your life and others. The technology in cars has improved and been added in at an exponential rate. Some of the collision preventive tech is adaptive cruise control which eases off the accelerator if it senses a car in front that is going more slowly as well as a sensor that engages the breaks which stops the car before you plow into another car that just came out of nowhere. Other alerts include blind spot indicators and lane correction that will let you know if you are changing lanes unexpectedly, such as a sleepy driver, and some model will even nudge the car back into the lane. The catch here being that the features are going to cost you several more thousands that you were going to spend but in many cases it is very much worth it. In time the features will become standard and the prices will inch on down. For example, the rear-view cameras are going to be required on every new car built starting in 2018. Car will become much more than just transportation.
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With all the software development in cars, they can become vulnerable to viruses and hacking. There needs to be good security in the cars.
ReplyDeleteThe software development in cars will enable people to not even have to drive. I wonder when we will get to point where we do not have to drive ourselves anymore.
ReplyDeleteInternet phones in glasses is an even worse idea. It creates distractions and people will hate you for wearing it.
ReplyDeleteWhat if you cannot get internet access to your car? Would features such as internet phones not work at all?
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