You’re down, bleeding. The jackass in the Saab that blew through the light and smeared you across his windshield is showing no sign of slowing. Not a good situation unless you’ve got a “smart” bike helmet strapped to your noggin.
We all know that Microsoft is pushing the Kinect as a whole new user interface, but last night Toyota showed off the benefits of having an intelligent camera system in a virtusl showroom demonstration at Remix 11.
Doing my daily browse through the awesomeness that is Kotaku, I was struck by something about the site’s posting of the WiiCar, a Toyota Scion with a Wii inside and Wii written all over the outside. It kind of reminded me of something pretty close to us here at Giz AU – the GizMod. Were Nintendo ripping off our idea?
You might ask why someone would want to turn a perfectly good Toyota Prius into a roller coaster that moves at a mere 15mph. I ask why not?
Microsoft is a big fan of ‘strategic partnerships’ these days. Their latest is with Toyota, who will use Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows Azure platform to power their in-car telematics system. What are telematics, exactly?
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