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Unless I'm living out of it or something.]]>Jan 9th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_Jp6PxsSQ


Right before you drive right into a tree.


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especially, windows speech recognition and tom clancy end war, i barely ever have problems dictating to the computer/ commanding the game... and have started to grow fond of it]]>Jan 9th 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 10th 2009 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 14th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/ Seriously they should at least get Paul Bettany ( jarvis from iron man ) to do the AI voicing. That would be amazing.

And no disembodied heads for me thanks.]]>Jan 9th 2009 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
"HIS CAPA GOT DETATED!!!"

that is all]]>Jan 10th 2009 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
I really hope so......]]>Jan 9th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
Ford would surely comment that they are doing all that, but they are not doing enough of it, and not doing it right. Fix the basics before you get into fancy stuff.]]>Jan 9th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
When's the last time YOU drove a Ford? Ford is currently a leader in fuel efficiency of larger vehicles. Also, you clearly have no idea that Ford has been making some pretty cool reliable compact cars that it has sold in Europe for years. here's a fairly old one, the sportka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dzi_8Rscfs

I'm not sure where the stigma that american cars suck has come from, but in reality, they are often a better deal than foreign cars. fusion/milan is better in many ways than camry, and the escape hybrid is actually a great car, as is the Edge.

Ford is constantly raising the bar for affordable, mid-range cars, and yet on the coasts, people ignore anything that isn't made in Germany or Japan. and by the way, Mercury is rated as the second most reliable car brand only after Lexus. as in, it beats toyota, honda, acura, nissan, bmw, mercedes, etc.

You have such a weak argument, maybe consider checking your info before you start judging. and comparing fords to BMW's in terms of driving feel is a little retarded. BMW's have more expensive components, and are of higher quality because they cost more. Ford's market doesn't include $60k+ cars. Unless you mean to compare Lincoln to BMW's in which case the feel is sometimes better. The MKS is fucking sweet mahn.
]]>Jan 10th 2009 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 11th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/They left out the part where you repeat the commands several times in an attempt to make the voice recognition system understand you; and then it finally does something completely different.

And the subsequent road rage.

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EVA, can you read me my e-mail?

Sure thing... 2 New Messages: first message FREE V1AGRA and Vitamn Supplements Online!!!!!!11one! Second message: Hello, I'm a Nigerian prince...]]>Jan 9th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
How about keeping up with the news, and not being such a douche bag, Nikster?]]>Jan 9th 2009 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/ •¿• ]]>Jan 9th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
I like the voice, but I agree with the consensus here, i'd ditch the head, it's freaky, very distracting and wastes screen real estate.]]>Jan 9th 2009 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
(1) Most of what is on this video is the kind of stuff people wanted in the days of Star Trek TOS--until they realized half of it wasn't possible and the other half was annoying.

(2) I doubt any user is going to be that polite to their digital slave. I'm certainly not calling mine by name.

(3) I would only be cordial to that device if its face was displayed like EVE from WALL-E.

(4) If Google ever starts showing every page it bypasses while doing a search I'm switching email providers.]]>Jan 9th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
Eva, give me her phone # and address please. Including directions to her place. And her status. Is she single?

And Eva, open the pod bay door. ]]>Jan 10th 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
Of course, all these things would be easy to do and more, if you just road public transportation. Why doesn't Ford solve that problem? Oh yeah, they don't care, they just want to sell cars.]]>Jan 9th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 10th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
and about this being a sham, thats probally what you would have said about sync or onstar when it came out, but now we see it in everyday cars and its normal... and that floating head allready exists on many sites on the web, i forget what they are called... but its pretty old technology. as for voice recognition, windows voice recognition and games like EndWar prove that it can work very well as technology advances.

the fact that you would dare think that anything is impossible makes you unworthy of being at a blog like engadget, where technological possibilities are not only dreamed of, but showed off every day. dont let this comment get to the future generations. ]]>Jan 9th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 9th 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 10th 2009 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
GO TOYOTA.]]>Jan 10th 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/
Very interesting for an observer and dramatic purposes, but quite inefficient and unnecessary for real user to computer interaction. Buttons, gestures and easy, quick voice commands (versus full sentences) are make a much more efficient interface than this silliness. This has been presented and tried over and over many times... and yet somehow doesn't survive in the marketplace.

Why do some feel it is good or even desirable to address a computer as a person? It makes for good sci-fi, sure... but in real life, a digital slave is very different a beast from any human being, even a paid assistant, and I for one, do not welcome the inefficiencies, indirectness and time consuming social conventions into my interactions with a computer, which is a machine constructed purely for my use, not another human being with feelings and personhood to take into account.

Speaking in complete sentences, and having courtesies with a computer interface may be cute, but it is only fooling one's self and introducing quite unnecessary inefficiencies. Text-to-Speech on e-Mails and the like, is useful while driving, though and a welcomed (and already existing) feature. I was wondering though, why on Earht the woman was not driving and instead just sitting in the car. Surely Ford does not expect people to get into their cars and sit down without actually driving anywhere just to use the system...]]>Jan 10th 2009 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Apr 14th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 10th 2009 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 10th 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Jan 13th 2009 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/ford-teases-the-future-of-sync-plans-to-bring-disembodied-heads/Incoming Transmission
Ford introduces EVA for your vehicles, hoping to help spot NOD positions on the field.
Please return to the service bay to have your vehicle upgraded immediately, and keep an eye out as NOD has been working on their own named CABAL.]]>Mar 11th 2009 1:29PM