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Written by Rowan Horncastle
In the near future, the lines between us humans, our smartphones and our cars will blur. They"re already starting to smudge, but companies like Harman are using the CES tech show in Las Vegas to flex their muscles and show what"s possible. With the help of an angle grinder and a roll-over hoop, Harman has created a Fiat 500e for the future. This two-seat spider (on incredibly cool wheels, we might add) is packed to the rafters with tech to make your life that little bit easier. Or have you screaming at the dashboard until you"re blue in the face if it doesn"t work. See, just as we"re starting to talk to invisible people in our homes via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, we"ll soon be doing it in our cars too. But what Harman has managed to do is provide a system that differentiates your commands to make sure that Google doesn"t end up buying your bog roll and Alexa doesn"t try and play with your thermostat. So, now on the drive home you can be stuck in traffic and do your weekly shop, make sure your house is warm for when you arrive, pull some tunes on Samsung Bixby, then turn the lights on as you pull in the driveway and ring the doorbell for someone to open the door and roll out the red carpet for your arrival home after work. Are you ready for that?
Date written: 9 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14496
In the near future, the lines between us humans, our smartphones and our cars will blur. They"re already starting to smudge, but companies like Harman are using the CES tech show in Las Vegas to flex their muscles and show what"s possible. With the help of an angle grinder and a roll-over hoop, Harman has created a Fiat 500e for the future. This two-seat spider (on incredibly cool wheels, we might add) is packed to the rafters with tech to make your life that little bit easier. Or have you screaming at the dashboard until you"re blue in the face if it doesn"t work. See, just as we"re starting to talk to invisible people in our homes via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, we"ll soon be doing it in our cars too. But what Harman has managed to do is provide a system that differentiates your commands to make sure that Google doesn"t end up buying your bog roll and Alexa doesn"t try and play with your thermostat. So, now on the drive home you can be stuck in traffic and do your weekly shop, make sure your house is warm for when you arrive, pull some tunes on Samsung Bixby, then turn the lights on as you pull in the driveway and ring the doorbell for someone to open the door and roll out the red carpet for your arrival home after work. Are you ready for that?
Date written: 9 Jan 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 14496
