Emerging Technologies and Automobiles

Technologies in Development

Part 1
         Out if the 6 technologies discussed in the article the one I think won't happen is the flying cars one because I mean it would be a lot of work ant it really far fetched. The one I think that will have the biggest impact on society is the bio metric seat research biggest it is just pretty cool and it makes sense. The first technology used that will be used in cars is the driver less car biggest there is already technology that can park itself, and its just a matter of time before the car can drive itself. I think the Ford's bio metric seat research will make the driver and passengers safer because it can sense if the driver is stress and the car will do things that will make the stress level go down which could prevent accidents. My opinion on the flying car is that I think that it could possibly get in the way of airlines and that not much people would buy them also that its not really practical. Some disadvantages could be that the car would look weird also that the car may not be allowed to fly certain places, and advantage would that you could get to place quicker, also there will be no traffic. In my opinion I think that driver less cars do take away from the driving experience, I also think that maybe this type of technology has gone to far.


Part 2
         Yes, I did find that it was surprising that younger people don't like the connectivity options in their car, because usually younger people are the first people to find out a use newer technology and are always about the new things in tech. I think that my generation would enjoy the connectivity and would find it beneficial, because it could be just one less thing you might have to worry about, and the car can do it for you. I think that it will help address the dangers of distracted driving because people might realize that if cars have these features, then maybe they are there for a reason and not to just drive the are for you while you text. In my opinion I think that some features in new cars aren't really important, some of them are but then you get the little details and features that you really don't need and are there just for the sake of being there, also they would increase the price of the car. I would like to have tech features such as blind spot control, and also the hands free parking one would be nice to have if I were to buy a new car. One feature that drivers might of found unnecessary could be the air bag, because most people would be used to having no air bag but then they were standard in vehicle, but now we now that they save lives so we need to have them in cars.