of kids want an iPad
The Nielsen Company presented a cadre of individuals with a list of nice, shiny gadgets and let them cross off anything and everything they'd like to buy in the next six months, and 31 percent of kids 6-12 picked the iPad as one of them.
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Why are heads-up displays never an option? They've been in use in fighters for close to 40 years now, so the tech is there.
Or how about replacing the speedo and other "mechanical" gages with a daylight readable LCD? That way you could customize your view. Just speedo and gas for the folks who don't know jack about their car, and a little more info for those of us who want to know the timing advance and incoming air temp.
Heck why do they put the map in the center of the dashboard? Too distracting. Just put an arrow on the HUD and a countdown timer for the turn.
Drive a 1970s vintage car sometime... The ultimate in driver control. Heck on my dad's '76 charger, the HVAC controls were under the driver's LEFT hand! And the power windows included a switch that would lock out everyone but the driver from having any control. There was even a bumpout so that the passenger couldn't even see any of the instrumentation, or adjust the radio.
Those were the days!
I've been wondering when someone will do a customizable LCD gauge cluster too. I think it's a great idea. I love digital gauges, but being able to customize the view would be even better.
Why don't we have rockets in the back of our cars? They've had them in fighter jets for over 40 years.
Just messin' with you man. Yeah, I've always wondered why it's not more common. I think cars can have a lot better interfaces then they do now.
Jets, not rockets. They're two distinct things.