Ford vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity
Good ol’ Ford has done it again, creating cars that talk to each other in ways that few without engineering degrees really understand. The company announced not too long ago that it actually leveraged the same kind of technology NASA and others use to communicate with robots in space to improve vehicle connectedness.
If that sounds confusing, you’re probably not alone. Basically, what that means is that in just about every possible situation, your future car can talk to satellites, cell phone towers and even other nearby cars on the road. If one vehicle hits a patch of black ice on the road, it automatically sends out an alert so everyone else knows to avoid the area, or at least to go slow. It could also be used to warn about sudden weather or traffic problems.
Of course, people who wear tin foil hats are already theorizing that this tech will be used by the government to trick everyone into attending a Justin Bieber concert, but that’s obviously just paranoia.
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