A blog piece about Honda patenting a bike that senses and responds to the rider's emotional state set me thinking today.
'Smart vehicles' are already here in the form of computerised engine management systems and the like, but there's a LOT more to come yet. As with the the Internet of Things, networking between the computers within vehicles (e.g. linking engine, fuel, emissions, safety, security monitoring management and maintenance systems, plus those handling passenger comfort, navigation, entertainment and phones) is set to expand to networking between vehicles and other IoT things (e.g. for collision avoidance, synchronised convoys, fuel efficiency, smart roadsigns, even smart catseyes and - perhaps - emotional status sensors), with Internet connectivity, naturally.
In parallel with that, there's the autonomous self-driving robotic vehicle stuff going on, oh and electric vehicles with various power sources. Plus who-knows-what in the way of technological innovations currently under wraps, and the social changes happening around us (not all beneficial!).
Where's it all going? And is that the way we want to go?
Hmmmmm, I'm not sure. How 'bout you?
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