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Eye'll be steering you
New York Post (via AP) ^ | April 24 2010

Posted on 04/24/2010 12:22:08 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight

Tired of spinning that steering wheel? Artificial-intelligence researchers in Germany have developed a technology that lets drivers steer . . . with their eyes.

A team from Berlin's Free University yesterday said the technology, called eyeDriver, tracks eye movement and steers the vehicle, up to 31 mph, in whatever direction the driver looks.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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eyeDriver, tracks eye movement and steers the vehicle, up to 31 mph, in whatever direction the driver looks.

Somehow I don't think this is gonna work all that well ......


1 posted on 04/24/2010 12:22:08 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Yea - and Toyota’s got “throttle-by-wire”...more hi-tech. Didn’t help them much...


2 posted on 04/24/2010 12:24:36 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Mr_Moonlight

The Whiplash Effect. You see a pretty girl and get whiplash from turning so quickly to get a look.


3 posted on 04/24/2010 12:24:51 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Mr_Moonlight
I notice there is no VPL.
4 posted on 04/24/2010 12:26:25 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

You’re getting an A in this class.


5 posted on 04/24/2010 12:28:28 PM PDT by spunkets
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You’re getting an A in this class

Why thank you, teach .... :)

6 posted on 04/24/2010 12:35:54 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Mr_Moonlight

LOL. It would mean fewer beautiful women in tight pants.


7 posted on 04/24/2010 12:36:04 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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What a bummer, ehhhh?


8 posted on 04/24/2010 1:06:47 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Mr_Moonlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHaufA26B8


9 posted on 04/24/2010 1:20:46 PM PDT by GOP Jedi (Democracy, Immigration, Multiculturalism -- Pick Any Two)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

I’m sorry women will not be allowed to use this device with anyone else in the car.

They simply cannot talk to another person in the seat next to them without looking at them.


10 posted on 04/24/2010 1:25:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

the real problem is when you blink, the engine stalls...


11 posted on 04/24/2010 1:26:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: GOP Jedi

Hahahhaaa .. good one!


12 posted on 04/24/2010 1:42:14 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Should I ask how you are supposed to change gears? ;)


13 posted on 04/24/2010 1:45:16 PM PDT by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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Don’t ask! LOL


14 posted on 04/24/2010 1:49:58 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: philman_36

T-backs, also known as butt floss eliminate that characteristic.


15 posted on 04/24/2010 3:06:33 PM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: Mr_Moonlight
My driver's training for the postal service taught me to look in the rear view mirror every eight seconds. Doesn't sound compatible.
16 posted on 04/25/2010 4:56:24 AM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty in the coming year)
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