"New Car To Take On Knight Rider"
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"New Car To Take On Knight Rider"
A new car has been described as the modern day Kitt from Knight Rider.
Kitt from the TV show told driver Michael Knight how he was feeling, how to beat the villains and how to act.
Swiss engineers have unveiled an interactive concept car known as the Senso.
The Senso runs on natural gas and determines the driver's mood by measuring biometric data and then adjusts the environment accordingly.
If the car detects an increase in heart rate or erratic driving it uses a selection of relaxing colours, music and even smells to help calm the driver down.
These are integrated into the futuristically designed interior panelling, which bathes the cockpit in dazzle-free ambient light.
And should the central computer establish any symptoms of sleepiness in the driver, electric motors integrated in the seat will shake him awake by vibrating.
The new car's design is also radical with the driver sitting alone in the middle of the front row, flanked behind by two passenger seats.
The Senso comes from Rinspeed Design and is due to be released at the Geneva motor show next month.
Depending on industry interest the car may go into production as early as next year with a price tag of around £20,000.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1293591.html
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To me, the exterior shot of the car looks like something out of Robocop or Starship Troopers and the interior seating for three sort of reminds me of a Cylon raider from Battlestar Galactica. Those side headlamps or signal changers on the front look sort of like lazer guns.
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Yeah, that better not be the shape of things to come. I'd love to see some of these features and a talking AI in a normal car (and not the jellybeans that are running all over the road these days).
I'm hoping to get my car computerized, but I know everyone else will beat me to the punch. Oh well, I'll try and have fun learning at least.
I don't think I want a car half-electricuting me awake though. I mean, what if it goes berzerk?
I know... just name it KARR?
I'm hoping to get my car computerized, but I know everyone else will beat me to the punch. Oh well, I'll try and have fun learning at least.
I don't think I want a car half-electricuting me awake though. I mean, what if it goes berzerk?
I know... just name it KARR?