Azentek stocking DiMora's $2 million ride with in-car electronics
By Darren Murph 
posted Aug 22nd 2007 7:02AM
posted Aug 22nd 2007 7:02AM
If you thought the MyGIG or even Bose's Media System was high-class, Azentek is out to change your perception. Recently, the firm inked a deal with DiMora Motorcar "to provide high-performance computers for the Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedan." The ride, if you weren't aware, will be a hand-crafted $2 million, 16-cylinder production automobile, and will sport "at least two Atlas units" which boast voice recognition, FM / XM Radio / Sirius / HD Radio, Bluetooth, CD / MP3 / WMA / DVD support, GPS navigation, VoIP / cellphone integration, "over a terabyte" of storage, and Windows Vista for good measure. Additionally, users will be able to interface with the machines via touchscreen, keyboard / mouse, a handset, USB, auxiliary inputs, etc. Sure makes Blue&Me look like child's play, no?
I went on the website for the DiMora Natalia and among the list of amazing claims about the proposed technology for the car is:
"NASA Foam Technology
The interior will feature NASA foam technology combined with a newly-created gel lining and newly-created leather. This will provide unparalleled interior comfort."
Surely they DON'T want to advertise that the car uses NASA foam?
I'm more curious about the, "newly-created leather".
Surely there can't be THAT many new innovations in cow skin?
The software they are using is called Centrafuse.
http://www.fluxmedia.net/
Still has bugs in it.
I guess if you're going to spend $2 million on a car, you have more money than sense.
I see an option for "web" on the interface. Um, not a good idea when driving.
Web's fine to have, assuming you will be parked for a lot of the features you will use. But that's an ie icon, so yikes! Why would you build a system like that on Vista?
A terabyte of storage seems a little unnecessary, no?
fernando:
> A terabyte of storage seems a little unnecessary, no?
... not if it's running vista ;)
Not for 2 million....
I'm sure they were referring to memory foam, not the exterior foam. Memory foam is what they put in expensive pillows.
I like this setup, no compromises, put all the tech in.
damn, and I thought I was selfish for wanting a car that runs.
Sounds like a "vapormobile" to me
but, lets not forget, will it play doom? ^_^
O_O mrahwr!! Vista ='( !! ahhhhhh!!1 I played Quake 4 on a Pc with an 8800GTX and AMD X62, 4GB of memory, and it ran like poop! Lagg!!