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Default A 'natural experience,' my foot

On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:19:57 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

I just received the first issue of the new Mercedes-Benz NEXT magazine
(in German) that describes a system with a heads-up display that shows
the driver everything going on around him, such as the names of cross
streets, traffic jams, distances to gas pumps and parking lots and the
potentially hazardous actions of other vehicles.

It looks a lot like the Free Flight aircraft situational-awareness
enhancement system Mitre built for the FAA in the 90's, which
integrated GPS, ground radar, weather data and location transponders
in nearby planes.

The back-seat driver is now projected on the windshield.


And we thought phones were distracting?

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