Nissan's Carwings system to read RSS feeds aloud

Wouldn't it be great if your car could actually read information to you? We're not just talking about reciting driving directions (that's so 2001), but rather an audio version of RSS feeds, specifically Yahoo Japan, Sony's So-net "lifestyle blog" and Nissan's travel guide blog. (C'mon Nissan, no love for Engadget Japanese?) It appears that this new addition to the Carwings system, which already provides ho-hum GPS navigation will also pack a 30GB hard drive so you can rock out to Pizzicato Five if you get bored of that mechanical voice. If you attend the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (October 3 - 7) to be held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, you can check out the updated Carwings system -- if you do, be sure to let us know how distracting the synthetic voice is while zooming down the road.

[Via TechNews]

[brooke r. @ Oct 1st 2006 2:40AM]

Pizzicato 5! Word.

[Dark Moon @ Oct 1st 2006 2:55AM]

Sweeet! Wonder if the 08 Skyline GTR will get this?

[Steve @ Oct 1st 2006 7:55AM]

P5?! Engadget just went up another notch in the cool points. Bravo.

[Matt @ Oct 1st 2006 8:34AM]

Haha... wow, 2/3 are Pizzicato comments so far... I had no idea so many people liked 'em, I thought it was just me ;)

[kiwizznz @ Oct 1st 2006 8:59AM]

Im gonna go, for those of you looking for the entry form, it can be found here https://service.ceatecjapan.net/en/

[saboola @ Oct 1st 2006 10:35AM]

I could care less about the car computer, but I am always looking for new music. Thanks for the heads up :)

[Mike @ Oct 1st 2006 11:18AM]

That's JUST what we need... more distracted drivers doing something OTHER than driving.

[kerunt @ Oct 1st 2006 10:27PM]

Only a 30GB hard drive? C'mon, how pathetic is that? A 250GB hard drive is like $80 these days. Pathetic.