Peek into the future of daily driving.

[JohnK]

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to change the way we interact with our car. The project is a collaboration between the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab, MIT’s SENSEable City Lab and the Volkswagen Group of America’s Electronics Research Lab.

 

http://www.physorg.com/news176294342.html

 

Makes the i-phone seem pretty ho-hum.

[xflow7]

I can't help thinking Microsoft Paperclip

 

"It looks like you're trying to heel-and-toe. Would you like some assistance?"

 

[slomove]

Do you need to feed it and give some attention like these Tamagotchis from 10 years ago? Would be too bad if the car gets sad and gives you bad advice.

[JohnK]

I can't help thinking Microsoft Paperclip

 

"It looks like you're trying to heel-and-toe. Would you like some assistance?"

 

 

While I agree with your very apt observation, IMHO, comparing products that on the surface seem quite similar, when one is from a research lab at MIT and the other from "research" conducted by Microsoft is like comparing a BMW M3 with a Checker cab. There's the concept, and then there's the implementation.

Edited November 13, 2009 by JohnK