Keys can be stolen, remote alarms can be hacked. But your butt-print is yours alone. And if these Japanese researchers have their way, you’ll soon use it to start your car.
The seat itself, looks like a normal bucket seat, however, its lower section is lined with 360 pressure sensors that measure the force exerted by your backside across the seat. This information is then fed into a central laptop — the system is still in development — that extrapolates the data and determines if the owner of said derriere is authorised to start the car. The seat is being developed at the Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology in Tokyo and is reportedly 98% accurate.
I’d be interested to see how the system accounts for temporary weight loss or gain and how it defends against thieves that weigh the same as you. We’ll have to wait two to three years to find out until the seats are expected to hit market. [AIIT.AC via MobileMag ]
Roland
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 4:03 PMWell that can get you out of the most dangerous questions known to man “Does my bum look big in this?”, “Does your car not start anymore?”, “no” well there you have your answer… :)
MDolleySnr
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 4:20 PMDoes the engine cut out when you break wind?
JD
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 5:30 PMAnd when someone wants to borrow the car: “sorry mate, it only responds to my arse”.
Ozoneocean
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 6:56 PMThey should make it so that it only works when your pants are off, and only put it in super high-end sports cars- in that way we can finally get a definitive answer to the question of weather or not cars function as a penis extension.
Sam Timmins
Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 7:21 PMJust as long as the MagnaVolt is an optional extra…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyuKEK7wmsw