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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
 

The Senso

A picture named Senso.jpg Swiss engineers have developed a new car, the Senso, that measures the biometric data of the driver and adjusts the car settings accordingly:

If the car detects an increase in heart rate or erratic driving it uses a selection of relaxing colours, music and even smells to help calm the driver down.

These are integrated into the futuristically designed interior panelling, which bathes the cockpit in dazzle-free ambient light.

And should the central computer establish any symptoms of sleepiness in the driver, electric motors integrated in the seat will shake him awake by vibrating.

Now if they can just add conversational programming as well as give the car its own personality profile, we'll be driving in Dickian cars sooner than we know it.

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