If you have thought that having a voice-activated navigation system is cool enough, you are wrong! In fact, you have not seen anything 'cool'.
Volkswagen and the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are coming together to bring in "a dashboard-mounted robotic device that uses numerous sources of information to help you plan travel routes, dodge traffic jams, find heretofore unrealized entertainment opportunities and avoid running out of fuel."
What about this? This can be defined as cool, uber cool, right?
Christened as the AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent), the system will help you drive effectively, But AIDA will not drive for you, instead it will monitor features and systems such as the gas and brake pedals, windshield wipers, seat position and fuel gauge and tyre pressure to 'study' how you drive.
This aiding AIDA can also analyse the traffic conditions, weather and the status of the car to make advice that go beyond simple turn-by-turn directions. To illustrate, if you have an appointment at 7 pm, but traffic jam threatens you be late, then AIDA will step in and direct you around the traffic using the quickest possible route. On the way home, it might recommend that you stop for fuel refill based on the fuel gauge. AIDA can also suggest you to grab a bite on the way as it knows you've been tired because of the appointment and might be hungry.
For some, AIDA could come across as overbearing, but its developers hope it won't. According to its creators, AIDA will feel more like passengers than gadgets. Moreover, in early prototypes, AIDA is reminiscent of Wall-E as it appears like a small robotic head with glowing blue eyes sticking out of the car's dashboard above the center air vents.
And, Volkswagen isn't the only company working on the idea, Nissan is also working on similar systems.
Next’s what?
Volkswagen and the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are coming together to bring in "a dashboard-mounted robotic device that uses numerous sources of information to help you plan travel routes, dodge traffic jams, find heretofore unrealized entertainment opportunities and avoid running out of fuel."
What about this? This can be defined as cool, uber cool, right?
Christened as the AIDA (Affective Intelligent Driving Agent), the system will help you drive effectively, But AIDA will not drive for you, instead it will monitor features and systems such as the gas and brake pedals, windshield wipers, seat position and fuel gauge and tyre pressure to 'study' how you drive.
This aiding AIDA can also analyse the traffic conditions, weather and the status of the car to make advice that go beyond simple turn-by-turn directions. To illustrate, if you have an appointment at 7 pm, but traffic jam threatens you be late, then AIDA will step in and direct you around the traffic using the quickest possible route. On the way home, it might recommend that you stop for fuel refill based on the fuel gauge. AIDA can also suggest you to grab a bite on the way as it knows you've been tired because of the appointment and might be hungry.
For some, AIDA could come across as overbearing, but its developers hope it won't. According to its creators, AIDA will feel more like passengers than gadgets. Moreover, in early prototypes, AIDA is reminiscent of Wall-E as it appears like a small robotic head with glowing blue eyes sticking out of the car's dashboard above the center air vents.
And, Volkswagen isn't the only company working on the idea, Nissan is also working on similar systems.
Next’s what?
Labels: AIDA, Automatic-Navigation, car-gadgets, GPS-Navigation-System, Volkswagen-cars
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