kyrielle: painterly drawing of a white woman with large dark-blue-framed glasses, hazel eyes, brown hair, and a suspicious lack of blemishes (Default)
Laura ([personal profile] kyrielle) wrote2001-10-18 08:59 am
  • Add Memory
  • Share This Entry
  • Current Mood: disturbed

A moody car?

Good grief.

Think you don't have enough of an emotional attachment to your car?

A new vehicle developed by Japan's Toyota Motor Corp and electronics giant Sony Corp will smile, frown and cry, not to mention take your pulse and measure your sweat.

Nope. Not joking. Rest of the article is here.

Ummm.

Frankly, that thing sounds dangerous. And annoying.
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[identity profile] lanir.livejournal.com 2001-10-18 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh great. It's a tamagachi (virtual pet) built into a car. I love the mention of it helping you shop after learning all about you. Wonder when they'll think to have it talk back to some central facility and start databasing all this stuff they're learning about you.
kyrielle: painterly drawing of a white woman with large dark-blue-framed glasses, hazel eyes, brown hair, and a suspicious lack of blemishes (Default)

[personal profile] kyrielle 2001-10-18 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. That'd be annoying.

But I'm more worried about "dangerous". Read this carefully:

Not only will it display a warning, but it will try to calm the driver down with relaxing music and by blowing cool air.

Umm. Hate to tell you this, guys, but relaxing music tends to make me fall ASLEEP. What if I'm tense because I'm trying to stay focussed?

Or what if I'm in a genuine crisis situation, with someone else doing something else stupid, and music and a blast of cool air suddenly distracts me?

Stupid. VERY stupid.
Flat | Top-Level Comments Only