Inside The Car
| Mini research presentation, MSc Creative Technology, 2019. |
Evolution Of The Automobile
Think about the very first car. What do you see? Sticks and stones? Something straight out of the Flinstones? That's what I pictured too. You'd be surprised to know that the very first automobiles ran on steam and electricity. Shocking, right?
Features like speedometers, seatbelts, windshields, and rearview mirrors weren't even in the picture until 1930. Then came turn signals, air-conditioning, and cruise control. The so-called fancy cars of the time.
Developments in technology are far from overlooked in the automobile industry. There was a time when driverless cars were nothing but science fiction, and we're well on our way to flying cars, let alone driverless.
What's In The Works?
Lots of cars now come with keyless entry, where you don’t even have to get the keys out of your pocket to open it. But what about taking it one step further and not having a physical key at all. Sounds weird? ‘Digital keys’ are the way forward – all you’d need is your smartphone and an app.
Keyless car entry (left); connected to the car (right)
Disbelief aside, it does have very practical uses, such as if you hire a rental car. They’d be no more queuing at the hire desk, you’d just go straight to the car’s location, unlock and go.
i-Cars
Cars don’t just go places these days – they’re connected. That means that wherever you go, you’re online with access to the internet, as some cars automatically connect to local Wi-Fi networks.
Some of the biggest advancements in the world of driving tech have come in the form of safety features, which is great because 95% of all road accidents involve human error.
Safety systems
Passive information systems cover things that most of us would be familiar with, such as sat navs, night vision, and blind-spot detection.
Autonomous driver assistance
Semi-autonomous driver assistance includes features like parking assist or emergency brake assist. Both these features need driver input, but they can also be disabled. Autonomous vehicle control and safety systems are non-compromising features aimed at avoiding or minimizing accidents and, include systems like autonomous emergency braking (AEB).
Eyes On The Road, Buddy
Heads-up display in cars
A lot of creature comforts are closely linked to safety and minimizing driver distraction, such as the use of heads-up display (HUD) technology. HUD projects information onto a clear screen fitted to the windscreen so there’s no excuse for taking your eyes off the road as all the information you need is literally right in front of you.
Semi-autonomous Parking guide
Another neat trick is the self-parking car, not just semi-autonomous parking where you steer or accelerate, but actual, ‘get out of the car and watch it park itself’ type self-parking. It sounds unbelievable but the reality is that the technology exists.
Who's Driving?
Autonomous displays in cars
Cars are clever; so clever that they can drive themselves. We might not see fleets of them on the roads just yet, but self-driving cars are already in use in some areas – such as Paris, Singapore and Milton Keynes (yes, really).
Safety isn’t just about steering the car away from accidents, some cars can monitor the health of the driver. Work at Ford – its Active Health Monitoring System keeps tabs on the driver’s heart rate through sensors in the car seat. If necessary, the seat would send alerts telling the driver to pull over and, worst case, the car could engage other safety systems to pull itself to the side of the road and call the emergency services.
Future-Proof, But Fool-Proof?
A technological tsunami has been upturning the automotive industry over the last decade. "This development will be in stages: we start without feet and then do without hands and eventually without eyes." Pascal Brier, Altran Group Executive Vice-President.
By 2050, the expectations of motoring and automobile technology are expected to reach impossible boundaries, most importantly in areas of sustainability and safety.
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Think about it!
References
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