Every day, Anicet Mbida makes us discover an innovation that could well change the way we consume. This Monday, he is interested in the innovations presented at CES for cars, such as dashboards that are replaced by giant screens.
The innovation of the day obviously comes from CES, the electronics show which opens its virtual doors this morning. Over the years, it has also become a major auto show. With concept cars and innovations, particularly in the field of multimedia in the car.
Today, we know how to customize the temperature at each of the vehicle’s seats. Tomorrow, we can do the same with sound. That is to say that the driver will be the only one to hear the GPS and the radio, while the passenger listens to his favorite playlist and the children in the back each watch a different movie. All this, without wearing headphones and without any cacophony. Through directional loudspeakers in the ceiling or in the headrests.
There’s even a noise-canceling feature that puts the passenger in a bubble of silence when they want to rest or read in traffic. Release planned for spring. First on taxis, then on passenger cars. Which will come in handy when the children are screaming behind.
Another trend: dashboards that are replaced by giant screens.
It was Tesla who launched the fashion with his giant tablet in front of the gear lever. Now it’s the race for who has the biggest screen. Mercedes, Samsung and Cadillac will, for example, present screens that are the entire width of the car (the entire dashboard).
We can use them to replicate the screen of his phone, make videoconferences, broadcast films. At Honda, we even reproduced an aquarium with a fish that lives in the dashboard. It’s very pretty, colorful, full of animation. But one wonders if this will not distract the driver too much. This is why the Euro NCAP organization is considering taking into account the distraction of all these screens in its future safety notes.
—
