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Smart Windows for Cars Concept: GM's Windows of Opportunity

By Rain Noe - January 24, 2012

in Cars | UX

After seeing Samsung's Smart Window, the car-minded among you probably thought the technology would be cool on a windshield (though it would undoubtedly lead to some cars wrapped around trees). To see what a similar concept would look like in an automotive application, check out the "Windows of Opportunity" conceptual project, done in collaboration between General Motors' Human-Machine Interface Group and grad students at Israel's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design:

Giving the tech to the passengers, as opposed to the driver, seems to make more sense. And now there's one more reason why riding hump sucks.

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Adam Weaver

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This will be great once people give into smart driving through magnetic connection and computer control. Although, while driving or having someone driving with these kinda of distraction will, as mentioned, make texting and driving look harmless. Great tech, terrible place for it. It's almost asking for more fatalities on the roads.
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