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Toyotas to monitor vitals, indicate driver's mood

Updated Mon, Sep 26, 2005, 7:45 PM·1 min read

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Toyota has proven that they are one step ahead of the curve with their prescient focus on gas-sipping hybrid vehicles, and now they have plans to turn your ride into a rolling diagnostic toolkit. At last Thursday's Reuters Autos Summit in Detroit, U.S. Toyota chief Jim Press told reporters that future models may sport such healthy add-ons as medicated seat covers designed to heal rashes (does this mean we have to drive naked?), diabetes-detecting steering wheels, and built-in blood pressure monitors. The oddest concept that Press threw out, however, involved using the sensors to detect a driver's mood and change the headlight color accordingly. Swerving car coming at you with blazing red beams? Better pull over, the guy probably spilled a boiling Frappacino all over his lap.

Update: Duh, Frappacinos are cold. Please insert "Soup On the Go."

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