[Air-l] RE: mobile taxi tv

[T. Kennedy]

This is an interesting experience considering the article I recently blogged
about:

Toyota Computer Makes You Watch the Road
"TOKYO - Japanese automaker Toyota has developed a safety technology that it
says will keep the driver's eyes on the road.

An image-processing computer system developed by Toyota Motor Corp. and a
Toyota affiliate uses a camera near the steering wheel to detect when the
driver stops looking straight ahead."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050906/ap_on_hi_te/japan_crash_safety

They also say "Research shows that most accidents happen because the driver
isn't paying attention, according to Toyota." 

Now we know what they are doing while they are driving....


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NetLab - Centre for Urban & Community Studies

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-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Wellman [mailto:wellman at chass.utoronto.ca] 

Re the AoIR discussion on mobile tv:

I experienced an app of mobile tv that scared the heck out of me.
In Kyoto, Japan, the taxi driver's GPS system became a TV for him, and he
watched soap operas during the entire trip.