The future of automotive technologies is moving fast and with all the converging innovations coming together, it seems that in the near future our cars will be nothing like the ones we are so familiar with today. In the last decade, we say that airbags have become common in almost all cars. We saw GPS come on the scene, along with stability control systems and satellite radio. Today we see the first self parking cars available now. We are witnessing the dawn of a new era of fully autonomous cars with the DARPA Grand Challenge and soon these transfer technologies will have us driving as passengers in an AI-powered robotic personal transport.
Some predict that there will be no more accidents, as the car’s computer system will network with all other cars and trucks in the area, as well as with emergency vehicles and the road itself. Sounds like some recent sci-fi movies, right? Indeed it does, but it gets much better than this. Consider if your will; Where are all those “Flying Cars” that we have been promised? Well, you might be surprised to learn that those aren’t that far off either, due to new lightweight materials being developed as we speak. Carbon nanotube materials will revolutionize the automobile, along with road trucks, airplanes, spacecraft and sea vessels.
Your network-centric home will talk to your network-centric car, which once in gear will talk to every other car on the road and the road ahead. Your car will be safer, smarter, lighter and stronger. And it will be more powerful and many times the performance due to the power-to-weight ratio and, best of all, it probably won’t use much fuel. We are on the cusp of a new era in automotive innovation and it will leave the current period in the dust when the Artificial Intelligent Network Centered Future Car hits the carbon nanotube floor pedal.
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