EyeDriver Lets Drivers Steer Car With Their Eyes 166
Hugh Pickens writes "NPR reports that German researchers have tested a new technology called eyeDriver that tracks a driver's eye movement and, in turn, steers the car in whatever direction they're looking at speeds up to 31 mph. 'The next step will be to get it to drive 60 miles per hour,' says Raul Rojas, an artificial intelligence researcher at Berlin's Free University. A Dodge Caravan fitted with eyeDriver has been tested on the tarmac at an abandoned airport at Tempelhof Airport. However, it remains unclear when — or if — the technology will be commercialized, as questions about safety and practicability abound: What about looking at a cute girl next to the road for a few seconds? Not to mention taking phone calls or typing a text while driving. But the researchers have an answer to distracted drivers: 'The Spirit of Berlin' is also an autonomous car equipped with GPS navigation, scores of cameras, lasers, and scanners that enable it to drive by itself. And should the technology-packed vehicle have a major bug, there's still an old fashioned way of stopping it. Two big external emergency buttons at the rear of the car allow people outside to shut down all systems."
What next? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Boobies (Score:1, Funny)
The infamous Homosexual Agenda(TM) reveals its master plan at last...
Re:Boobies (Score:5, Funny)
Driver: "Yea, so would I!"
I'll wait for the iDriver (Score:5, Funny)
Kind of like the EyeDriver, but Steve Jobs drives your car with his own eyes. This ensures a consistent driving experience, so long as you only want to go where he sends you.
Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)
They need to be on the front of the car and be automatically triggered just by a pedestrian looking at them.
Also, they need to not shut down all systems, only acceleration systems -- braking needs to still work.
Re:Boobies (Score:1, Funny)
More like:
Driver: "I'd hit that"
Passenger: "Dude, I think you already did."
This may help clear up traffic on the 5 and 405 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why??? (Score:4, Funny)
What problem is this actually trying to solve? Are people really finding it too difficult use their arms to drive? Or is this aimed at people who can't drive right now, because they have no arms?
Well, one arm to hold a cell phone, another to hold your: sandwich, doughnut, coffee, burger, fries, or coke.
So yes, most people don't have arms to spare.
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm, yes, I guess it's only fair that if a driver can aim their car at someone by staring at them, they should be able to thwart the reckless lecher by staring back.
They should also add a blink detection system. To determine who wins. ;)
Re:What next? (Score:5, Funny)
I was thinking Arby's
Re:Blink (Score:4, Funny)
death!
"Now driving to...woman on sidewalk." (Score:4, Funny)
Re:groan (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'll wait for the iDriver (Score:4, Funny)
Of course with the iDriver, your route will have to be approved by apple 3 weeks in advance.
It will not contain any nudity, or bikinis.
And if you wanna get there in a flash. Forget it!
Not as bad as it sounds (Score:3, Funny)
This ensures a consistent driving experience, so long as you only want to go where he sends you.
Yes, but on the other hand you are automatically re-routed around all of the upside-down Vista cars.
Re:Most bizzare... (Score:1, Funny)
It's a mis-translation from the German. "Dodge caravan" being the instructions to the pedestrians, not the type of car.
Squirrel! (Score:3, Funny)
I don't know (Score:3, Funny)