Dashboard robot

[YourMomsMomsGrandma]

great even more distractions whale driving.....

[whatnottobe]

00:35, "home" looks more like "homo" to me...

[TheJustinfernandez]

yeah great idea..

Lets invent an distraction thats need too be petted while driving..?

[Sephiroth21682]

this robot replaces the human brain... ha.

[Odziz]

Fail!

Lame!

Nissan Pivo already has this and its a lot cuter.

[Erbalite]

Just what the driver needs... more distractions!

[Casper123666]

why do we need such a ugly ass robot for that technology? Just build it in my tomtom and I'll be good to go...

[OniLinkSword]

Creepy.

This system will track cars automatically. This means that someone can hack / access the system and see where you have been with no external devices. It may also say where you have been normally,

Imagine a parent who visits an adult sex shop and the car later says "do you want to visit 'Dong's-R-Us' today?" with their kid in the car. O_o

[Guanosoft]

the things explained in the last part, dont need to be done by a robo head, that looks like an japanese toy...

[nacholu28]

Maybe it will telll you to drive off a bridge....eeevillll

[grimnight]

nah.. i want a sexy girl robot beside the driver's seat :D

[brostinkles1]

I want one. can you put it in my 1990 accord ;)

[spawnscout]

he´s so cute!

but he freaks the shit out of me...

he knows too damned much...

but he´s still so adorable!

[quantumbits]

I do not want a car that knows how I feel.

[bluntsafety]

BACKSEAT DRIVER FROM HELL !

[Truthiness231]

Love it! ^.^

[Sixtehn]

What if I'm having sex in the car?

[scientolofag]

then it's like a dog at the foot of your bed

[Zormac]

except the dog won't tell you a better route to please your woman or something...

[FirajaNinja]

You should try experimenting with it...

[Watershed92]

so if my wife drives the car she will see my most visited location if the local strip club? Fantastic

[filiesillo]

@Watershed92 or you couls see she's been going there too LOL (no ofence intended)

[TRCxt]

Useless...sigh

[haigh152]

I would get a car with that just because its sooo cute!!

[0umbrellacorp]

I can see a terminator movie being setup already /=

[castleafb]

I guess a good wife should know the shortest route to the grocery store anyway and does all of the above, but where are they? Please invent one that comes with a good credit score.

[VolcanicDrum]

blah blah if blah blah blah

[NewRisingSong]

future cars will be disturbing

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

future cars will be adorable :P

[aaronseamanphoto]

future cars will be distracting

[ShallowThoughts]

You thought cell-phone use caused a lot of traffic accidents? How about a friggin' Chibi sticking it's face in yours?

[ObliviuxProductions]

yo dawg we herd you like multitasking so we put a robot in your car so you can get distracted while concentrating

[zeakins]

you are full of win good sir.

[DapwnageG]

It should have an angry face if your car gets jacked :D

[Sinuev1]

Critical Design Flaw: A neck and mock "emote"ions is the last thing you want to give a device that will be interfacing with unhinged balls of seething Road Rage.

Just make sure that when it senses "tenseness", it pulls a turtle back into the dashboard. Otherwise I'm betting you'll be seeing these more on the curbside than you will on dashboards.

Or at least give the neck some more reinforcement and ergonomically designed hand-grips.

[tavitooo]

Please Why NewScientist put subtitles in SPANISH??

[myf4e]

@tavitooo learn english moron!!!!! hahah

[UncleKennybobs]

A standard GPS can already do all those things.

[shim2dawg]

so glad they switched narrators

[marasmusine]

We don't want this. We want KITT from Knight Rider.

[Blueoriontiger]

@marasmusine KITT: Micheal!

[irolga7]

robot Robot....Robot I am a robot! make me even more robot by putting a robot to my car.....robot robbbbot iam a robbot!!!!

[leelguy]

What exactly does any of this have to do with the robot other than having it move in front of my face? I believe everything mentioned could be done just as easily with today's displays -.-

Plus.. are people really so lazy that they couldn't tell their gps to go to the store rather than home? Personally it would piss me off if my gps was trying to decide when I would go to the store and when I wouldn't.

[yetidetective]

except what if you were distracted on your way home from work and the robot was like, "hey. don't forget you're out of toilet paper."

[leelguy]

I think I have more problems than forgetting I'm out of toilet paper if my robot is aware of my toiletry activities. ;)

[jimbob202019]

well does it have like a arm that rases out of the bonet and gives other drives the middle finger if not then im going to make that :)

[kai101m5]

uh... huh.

Riiiight - anyone would think these 'scientists' would have more impotant things to work on. Is is not great how business brainstormers now control R&D. Ball Bags.

[testsubjectzz]

money controls everything

[vdub350]

Not all of us are going to work just on the curing of diseases asshole.

A company hires us to engineer something and we go do it.

You could say the same about 'layers', waisting their time on small cases. When they could be doing important cases.

We have millions of engineers and scientists in the world working in thousands of fields. Some do life saving research while others work for consumer products and small pleasures.

[vdub350]

*lawyers...  fuck!! I hate making spelling mistakes when you're trying to make a point.

[kai101m5]

@vdub350 small cases...

ok, so when a newly qualified paralegal takes a negligence case arising from this stupid thing popping out of the dashboard and distracting the driver, is that a small case? Sure, but to the newly-made paraplegic bringing the case, it is not so small.

There are no small cases because each case is extremely important to the claimant and defendant. It might not change THE world, but it changes theirs. This... POS just wastes a shit load of time and money.

[JayPee3001]

why does it need to know the drivers mood lol

[p179894]

it will probably jump out of the car before you run someones ass over lol

[elSitt]

Can it record how many times you visited a liberal leaning organization and update the proper secret police databases ?

[richard2durant]

so when we are driving we get distracted by a moving robot... righttt......

[timidgothica]

oh, I want one!

[scarface4080]

if ur horny does it take me to a strip club?

[Sephiroth21682]

@scarface4080 you don't ask it to take you to the strip clubs if your horney, you ask it to take you to the "message" parlor ...

[UchihaSumairu]

@scarface4080 thats a stupid question.. of course it does! it even has you drop your wife off on the way there while saying your actually going to the "grocery store"

[maskedscientist]

Seems pretty stupid and silly. I like the mood features and calendar suggestions, but the moving head is dumb and distracting.

[mmsayre]

this will go the way of the talking dashboard if it gets that far.

"your door is ajar. your door is ajar. your door is ajar"

[josepaul2000]

haha yeah, man that's gonna be annoying!

[bebo3ful]

is that like the paperclip in word? I immediately get angry when i see that thing, and want to smash the paperclip, i will probably do the same with the robot.

[python08]

This would probably prove more of a distraction than anything else.

[suprisepickle]

that shit is creepy

[yeheyz]

She's cute. Oh my.

[Ancavge]

can it drive for me too?

[josepaul2000]

yeah, thats what they need to make

[newton2013]

having a moving robot head popping out of my dashboard HELPS me navigate... how? Still need a screen to see routes and re-routes.

[artuno1207]

This could be good.

Or it could just learn how to take over the car and crash it on purpose and it will TERMINATOR. Its science fiction, its a GOAL.

[xtremmethod]

R2D2 bitches xD

[mikeyz75]

why scientists 'are still working' on making us idiots?

[batitony]

you are so totally right. there will come the day when life is so easy for us that we won't even have the capability to move by ourselves, just like in wall e ...

[Neogami]

....Well, I thought it was kind of cute.

._.

[Darkfire889]

i would never what that and i bet it would be really really annoying

[seva404]

This is useless. Basically, it's my dashboard GPS, and distracting piece of plastic.

[KHGodoflard]

That would distract me lol

[Dec0y9]

Do I have to feed it like a freaking tamagotchi?

[eSilva90]

Walle in the car

[Vortex42]

What a crock of shit.

[Ernwar45]

fuck

Microsoft office paper work got out of the computer

[neobonzi]

Great - that means the rich idiot driving an escalade on his cell phone who almost hit me today can have another distraction to stare at blankly.

[tw1stedgrudge]

Meh.

Lets try and invent a kind of car that runs on ocean water, rather than smiley robots to further use up the o-zone layer.

[themilkmister]

KILL IT WITH FIRE

[red33m23]

I don't know how all the others believe about this stuff but I think that Ai is going into our lives A LOT... keeping us away from thinking..

[plasticparticle]

Jepp... it's only a matter of time until a "Generation Click" is fully dependent from search tools and AI. Doing calculations only with your mind alone will look like a miracle to them.

[BlackKingX]

The Japanese trying to push Haro down our throats again.

[cxgamer]

It'd be a nice feature, if it doesn't annoy 'hard users'

[interted]

nice. i see the future in AI

[GladiatorShield]

Can't I just draw a smily face on a GPS.

[Docs209]

It wouldlast 10 mins on my dashboard if i was having the day from hell."Your feeling tense" as i rip it out the dash and feel much better.

[p0zzz]

Annyoing? "YOU ARE TENSE TODAY MR", jeah id love that

[pchackal]

Cyber Formula!

[blabby102]

It is cute but why bother making it a moving robot?

Most of the features would be able to be included into GPS units similar to what we have today.

But who knows, some people might want to pay an extraordinarily amount of money for this gimmick.

[Mumblemumble375]

that's wicked

[morpher44]

nice.

[Tressco]

Total control over people is so cool!

[Digeridude]

"Hey driver, I noticed you were feeling down, so I'ma do a little dance!" DOOT DOOT DOOT

[Craydon]

just what I need, distractions while driving that move and light up

[kickit246]

thats cool lol. Can you have conversations with it too?

[Fight4Privacy]

This is a massive abuse of your privacy.

[superduperrobo24]

that is freaking awesome

[piprod01]

It's so cute!

[Dricstar]

i want one X)

[catlord98765]

thats neat

[jaksajak]

That thing sucks.

[Films4You]

Just the think to distract drivers more and run people over.

BAD IDEA!!!!

[aqwsz126]

that is shit....

new science's standards are slipping

[DoctorPlausible]

...and then there's a jam ahead and all cars take the alternate route... making a new jam. Brilliant.

[deryk703]

How is that different from what all ready happens? We all ready have radio broadcasts telling of alternate routes and traffic jams. We all ready have gps providing directions to our destinations. The robot will just give this information from one single source.

[DoctorPlausible]

Yes, that's true. But then it wouldn't be a single source. There would be licensing for private companies to provide info, and they would compete against each other, &c &c And then there would be an even more complex machine vying for consumers, &c &c. Traffic problems will be solved when science finds a way for two cars to fit the same space, ie never.

[Sc0ttPrian]

lol "ie never"

if some people wouldnt buy such ginormous cars, we could have more lanes... just a random thought.

[finalcloud13]

Shit's gonna get stolen all over the place...

[RentTheSpokeMan]

i wonder if it can get whiplash? You can just imagine one with a neck brace after an accident.

[patio87]

Just what I need, a robot to tell me when to go shopping.

[Cientistamarcos]

A prototype R2D2!! :)

[finsher2008]

i would use it as a punching bag when im stressed lol

[bananaman757]

lmao, just slam its little heat into the dash

[skipperrofl]

niceeeee!!!!

[nedb147]

totally pointless... Those crazy Japanese!

[FHB71]

Remembers me of Kismet.

[GetMeThere1]

Great!

But would it have enough cervical mobility to give the driver some good head?

[squidmanlol]

So...basically a GPS with a face, neck, and annoying anime eyes to conveniently distract you from the road? These vids are usually pretty amazing, but this technology just seems like a dud to me, and could be done in a much less dangerous way, i.e: not distracting drivers from driving...

[palmisano]

Agreed.

[bluespiral58]

Enough negativity! Twenty years from now we'll wonder how we ever managed to drive a block without a freaky face robot ordering us around!

[DrakeMagnum]

I'm not sold on this idea. It sounds like it could be too distracting to be of use safely. You know how someone chatting with you while wanting actual eye contact can be distracting while you're driving.

[solarbeam555]

annoying buzzes and light ??, thats a freaking robot giving me freaky faces and abuse while in my face, if that thing dont get it's head torn off in 1 week i will buy a million of them xD

[MysticCobra04]

How about fuck that shit with a side order WTF is wrong with anyone who would want this in their car. Lets see most people can hardly text or talk on the phone drive so with this you a fucking Robot wanted to get peted and telling you where to go because its has seen you go to similar places more than once. Yeah I dont think so and + 10 million on the disagreeing with the government and letting home land security your a terrorist. As if we havent been stripped of almost all our rights.

[Mrmtjones]

Whats that robot? I should go get groceries before I go home? I think I will thanks you are sooo cute little robot OH FUCK! dead. hit an oncoming car. sorry kids. no christmas this year.

[sharpsteve2003]

And if you disagree with your govt it will notify homeland security of your location.

[goemaster]

if you cheat on your wife a lot, this gadget is not for you.

[monkeyology1]

Hahahah "Go to Jen's house?" and Kaylas like "WHO?!?!?"

[ricesniper]

So can an iphone.

[samantonio]

not goin in my car

[pauliewaulieflimflam]

most 'tech' is only cool when its covered by the vehicles manufacturer's warranty

[positivoshow]

what about something that does all of that but without that fucking face moving around the car

[brendankhoury]

I would buy one If they developed one of those heads with a decent touchscreen and a serious decent computer , and made sure it wasn't a retarded distraction in my face. Also if they made it completely customizable and allowed for custom settings ie: a pc

Imagine one of those things had a Microsoft Office Assistant paper clip for a brain? I would punch it in the face pretty quickly.

[thelordakira]

lower your head.

you seem distracted.

put your head down mofo

you seem stress.

arrrggg die

calling the cops.

WTF

[oldakustikblues]

yeah, so if it makes me take a wrong way i can smack its head.

[monkeyology1]

LOFL, arguee with it and all

[Maracachucho]

this is for chicks and faggots.

[mimimarcus]

wall-e!

[WillSKB88]

It's no longer a back seat driver but a just-in-front-of-the-windscree­n-driver.

Not only does it sound annoying and unnecessarily superfluous but it also IS really annoying and pointless.

One good thing about it though, you can physically harm it when it says:

"You should have turned right, you didnt turn right, whats wrong with you, turn right next time... oh look traffic. Told you so."

[JustinBringit]

I don't think this robot would get much of my attention since I would be YouTubing on the internet while my car drove me to my destination.=)

[IdleGod]

I think this is retarded... Heads up displays are better, as you aren't distracted by a robot attempting to get your attention. Eyes on the road, please. Those other things are rehashes of existing ideas.

[superfisto]

I don't want that thing between me and the windshield.

[Zimy0]

I think a moving, flashing head in their peripheral vision will distract most people.

[Delek00Chai]

USeless and dangerous as its just another distraction from the road

[Knightshield]

if its going to be this sofisticated you might as well design something that drives the car for me

[WillSKB88]

yeah lol like a bus

[Zalo10]

This sounds like the most useless device ever created. People can have pet robots. People can have car sensors and car mounted GPSes. But do people really want car mounted robotic pets?

[ericown]

i think i put my laptop on my car is better,,,

[JahLoveOnline]

Read the comments and you'll see that just about everyone thinks this robot is a stupid idea.

[Shadowoftheday09]

sounds like big brother......which our govt. is constantly taking steps towards

[fox9ninja]

Hasn't it already reached that point? I mean the FBI can tap into your cellphone's microphone anytime they want to. But this robot doesn't seem to supportive of the big brother idea, it does the same things your car already does.

[Shadowoftheday09]

yeah it definatly has reached that point and worse, did you know that there are 44,000 UN troops are training IN the U.S. on the premises of the project "Agile Provider." And there is a group in the govt., F.E.M.A, that has the right to override the constitution and all of our rights as citizens. They don't need warrants or anything they can throw you in jail, steal your property anything. All they need is the order to do so. The robot in the car reads emotions....they can see your emotions.....

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

"an alternative to ANNOYING BUZZERS AND LIGHTS" Isn't that exactly what this thing is?

[ridingisasport]

@DidntKnowWhatToPut1 no, it lacks an annoying buzzer.

[DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

I dont like it

[Madmonkeythegreat]

its like it jumps out infront of you when your driving and wants you to pet it. haha id rather hav some onboard computer than a pet car.

[panconleche]

I think this is useless.

[MegaHazzer123]

what the hell is the point of this junk

[grywacz]

Distracting and dangerous.

[mrquazu]

one thing i would like from cars is whenever they get into a accident, the doors should have some sort of mechanism to not lock up or get stuck.

and why do we need to read facial expressions of the robot? what happened to just words? is society really that illiterate?

[quantumbits]

Dumb application. Something else to to distract you from looking at the road.

[raVen670]

piece of crap

[greenhousestorm]

holy shit

[DNO221]

why do we need robots to think for us? we are more than capable to do it ourselves

[1RadicalOne]

I'd rather NOT have a dashboard robot with emotions.

[niiidar]

I would be distracted by its cuteness and crash!

[lildevilbmxer7]

wall-e for your car?

[ashtool]

pretty useless.