Sunday, February 12, 2012

Semi-Autonomous BMW - No Hands Driving


I can be quite alien when it comes to the mechanism and technical aspects of cars.  As long as the car I drive can take me to where I want to go safely without causing any issues, I have nothing much to complain about.  However if you ask me to name some of the brand of cars, at once you can hear BMW and  Mercs, the favourites of mine.  BMW has released details on their newest development featuring autonomous driving system.

As shared by Dailymail and Trendhunter, the car is the outcome of BMW's newest innovation via the  ConnectedDrive Connect system. The car uses four types of sensor systems consisting of radar, cameras, laser scanners and ultrasound distance sensors.  In return that enables the navigation on the road as well as  "no hands" driving mode. 
The system embedded in the car is programmed to abide traffic ruleand can even change lanes to zoom past  slow moving cars. 
We will have to wait and see when the car will hit the market while BMW is working on the challenges to fine tune the system further. This model of BMW certainly will take away the stress I go through at times driving being stuck in a heavy traffic jam. My, my, what a feeling it will be while the car drives by itself, I am on my laptop, probably writing articles for my blog and in between facebooking as well.


References: Trendhunter, Dailymail, likecool
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16 comments:

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  2. Hmmm.... the technology does sound cool but i'm still skeptical. If this technology really works, all the drivers in town will lose their job. =p

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  3. Then my hand will b free....
    So can talk on d phone without using hands free....

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  4. With this car in the market people will be on computer in the office, car and at home. Where is technology taking us?

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  5. awesome! can eat favorite 'mamak fried mee' while driving ;) especially on a long journey balik kampung..

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  6. Nice car nava I bet this will cost a fortune!! :D


    dropping by your blog to say hai, i didnt blog for long time my brain not functioning well after the accident.


    but i will always dropped by to read your post once awhile take care nava!

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  7. Stress free sounds good. Hands free does not-a hacker could break into the system and bring us all right to his house without our control. I know it is a little conspiracy theory-but I like controlling my own car.

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  8. We've owned a few BMWs, and I was just thrilled with the cameras to help me back up and parallel park! Wonder what the price tag will be with this new innovation. I had to read your blog post to my boys...they read Road and Track, etc, but this was new to them :) You're on top of it, my friend~

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  9. I am a learner driver so this is like my dream right now - automatic lane changing? I accept!
    Awesome post :D

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  10. Can imagine the price only for the system. But i will lose all the fun in driving

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  11. Thank you so much for all the comments and sharing. I sure if can afford, wanna own this car.

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  12. Hahaha! Love this! If we ladies own this, there won't be any complaints from the men like "Women drivers, again!!"

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  13. I'm not sure I should drive hands-off - I'd be like, "damn car, faster!" LOL

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