Friday, February 03, 2006

Parallel Universes

As someone who cannot parallel park to save his life (heck, I'm bad enough at perpendicular parking), I'm cautiously intrigued by a new idea from Siemens:
What is a bigger problem than finding a parking space, squezzing [sic] your car in that tiny space without leaving your paint on the other car. This may seem straight from a Sci-Fi movie but a technology being developed by Siemens VDO called "Park Mate" not only finds you parking space, but automatically parks your car too. Sensors automatically measure a row of parked cars and alert the driver when there is space large enough for your car. Then a chime is played asking the driver to stop and then the Park Mate takes control over the car. It steers the car itself into the small gap and parks.
Oh, I don't know.

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