With self driving cars coming closer all the time BMW has recently shown off its latest model, which can carry out some pretty impressive manoeuvres on their own. A new study by IHS Automotive concluded that by the year 2050 most of the cars on our roads will be autonomous, with the driver having no part to play in the driving process. This sounds a long way off still but the latest advances shown by BMW show how quickly the technology is advancing in this respect. Bending and Weaving Possible without a Driver The giant car manufacturer...
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The latest concept car being worked on by Toyota looks like it is going to be interesting. One of the main features of it is that it is said to be able to change colour. It will also work out how you are feeling, have an augmented reality windscreen, offer social media interaction and suggest possible destinations. The car is question is known as the Toyota FV2 just now and work on it is still going on. The Toyota Motor Show is when the public will be able to see it for the first time. A Car for the Digital Generation Takeo Moirai is a...
What do you think of the idea of using gesture control in your next car? The idea isn’t as far fetched as you might think that it is. Internet giant Google and car manufacturer Ford are working on a futuristic set of car controls which could drastically change how we act in our vehicles. How do we know this? Because of a set of patent application forms which show what the companies are on the way to making in-car gesture control a reality. An example of what you could do in this way is that you could open your windows by swiping your...
The battle for the greatest level of car connectivity has reached a new stage with the arrival of the Nissan Nismo smartwatch. This watch will help the driver monitor things like their temperature and their heart rate. However, the most interesting aspect of it is that it will also show details such as the vehicle’s average speed and fuel consumption. The Nismo watch is expected to be formally unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show, which is going to be running until the 22nd of September. Having said that, we already know what seems...
There are some exciting sounding advances being made in the world of motoring these days, aren’t there? It is fair to say that some of them appear to be more about gimmicks than the addition of genuinely useful features. However, the new work being done by Volvo could be very important in cutting down on the number of serious accidents involving cyclists. This is because the firm has announced the release of a cyclist detection facility which can help negate dangers such as a bike suddenly swinging out in front of the vehicle using the...
We have heard a lot lately about the technology which could allow self driving cars on the road and the latest news from Oxford University certainly seems to make it seem like something which could happen soon. The car in question uses a mixture of small cameras and lasers to let it work out when it is following a familiar route. It then memorises the trip. This means that it could potentially be let loose on its own for your commute to work or the daily trip to school. The idea has been designed to cost little money and to take some of...
How much fun would it be if your car drove you to work or to the shops? Self drive car technology is something which has been getting whispered about for a while and it could be that it will be with us sooner rather than later. The latest car company to give us a hint of what this could be all about is Toyota. They have produced a short video of a Lexus LS which has been kitted out with some innovative safety functions to try and cut down the possibility of it getting into a crash. This was released in the build up to the Consumer Electronics...
Will you be folding up your car when you get to work next year? It might seem unlikely but a new type of vehicle called micro EVs could be the solution to some of our current motoring woes. The idea with these small, collapsible cars is that you take them on your commute to work or on your city shopping trip while you leave your main car behind. They are electric powered and they could be on our roads in time for next summer according to some reports. The main target market at the moment is cited as being the commuters who don’t live...
If you are bored of the view out of your car windscreen on the daily commute then there is some good news on the way for you. Maybe. It seems that some of the biggest car firms like Toyota, BMW and Mercedes are keen to turn our windscreens into big computer displays with an augmented reality element to them. We already know that only bad boys and girls use their phone while they are driving so what should we make of the fact that we could now be sitting looking at all sorts of details in front of our noses? Over the Limit Again? Well,...
We’ve seen our fair share of AR tech over the past year or so as big name brands have been utilizing it in their campaigns. Ford is the latest super brand to come up with something interesting at the annual motor show in Detroit. They’ve installed a giant AR simulator which pits the pubic against the driving genius Ken Block. Users sit in the centre of a large yellow circle as a virtual Ford Fiesta Rally car donuts and twirls its way around them, leaving virtual smoke and skid marks around the user. Here’s a video of one attendee...