rss feedThe future is coming: Cars covered in soft silicone and ones that can park sideways
Compared to their counterparts from the 1990s, automobiles today are bulkier and much more advanced – with hybrid, GPS and DVD systems.
But get ready for the possibility of cars having a robot in them to calm you should you feel stressed while driving.
That is, while you maneuver your Nissan bubble-like, electric vehicle that has a revolving cabin and can park sideways.
Or your Honda that has a soft silicone shell to lessen injuries to pedestrians should an accident happen.
Wait! Have you seen the vehicle inside a vehicle?
It’s a Suzuki box-shaped people mover that resembles a van. It contains individual motorized vehicles.
A quick note about this eye-opening video clip from the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: There are captions in English – and advertisements.
So, make sure you close the advertisements by clicking on the small “x” button in the lower right corner, which block the explanations.
And when you have a free moment, get your design ideas out and start creating.
Humans have created cars that can be boats, as my former Seattle Post-Intelligencer colleague Mike Lewis wrote in his great, colorful style last year.
Long ago, people thought about - and are still dreaming of – cars turning into airplanes and flying over congested highways.
If you haven’t noticed, robots and technology fascinate me.
Heard about the IBM computer, which is scheduled to compete against humans on Jeopardy!, the game show?
Have you seen Toyota’s robotic creation that can play a violin?
Didn’t catch Honda’s ASIMO robot conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra?
Or the towering robot that can play soccer?
Questioning your place on earth?
Your role in society which might see robots standing next to you?
Well, there is the robot that can solve a Rubik’s Cube.
But as the commentator in that video clip points out: Humans can still solve the puzzle faster than the robot.
Thanks to Diagonal View for posting many of these videos.
