Keith, M$ made a deal with Ford and GM to make gadgets. I can't wait until someone has a major problem with one of their gadgets and has to call tech support in India.
The Ford Excite uses a radio / nav system that was made by M$. > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Keith Johnson > <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > >> >> >> "augmented reality windshield"? For a car? Don't know what frightens me >> more: that people already distracted while chatting on cellphones or texting >> have a new distraction...or the fact that this pic seems to indicated this >> is tech built on a Microsoft OS! :( >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:20:10 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: [scifinoir2] Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging technologies >> >> >> >> Gallery: Curious and curiouser emerging >> technologies<http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217.html> Augmented >> reality on your windshield >> >> - Next Image ยป <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html> >> >> [image: Augmented reality on your >> windshield]<http://content.zdnet.com/2347-11422_22-418217-418218.html?seq=1> >> The human/machine interface department at GM has developed a working >> heads-up display that turns an ordinary windshield into an augmented reality >> information dashboard. >> >> *See full story: * An augmented reality windshield from >> GM<http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=2164&tag=col1;post-2164>in Chris >> Jablonski's Emerging >> Tech blog <http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/>. >> >> *Credit: General Motors and Carnegie Mellon University* >> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-1.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-2.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-3.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-4.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-5.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-6.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-7.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-8.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-9.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-10.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-11.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-12.html> >> - <http://content.zdnet.com/2346-11422_22-418217-13.html> >> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
