So if you thought those dreadful assholes barking loudly into their Bluetooth headsets on the bus were annoying, just wait until you see a group of convulsing commuters feverishly performing Skidamarink-a-dink-a-dink just to post a photo of a pretty sunset to Instagram. And speaking of Google ...
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Google Wants You to Play Charades to Drive a Car
In recent automotive history, cars have been operated with hands on the wheels, feet on the pedals, and a single unfriendly digit flung out the window. But Google's other big science fiction project happens to be their self-driving car, which allows the motorist of the future to liberate both of their middle fingers.
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Which means just so many more options for when you're stuck in the middle lane.
But it's that last part that seems to have caught Google's attention, because they've filed a patent for replacing all the knobs and buttons in your car with gestures. Some of these motions are intuitive, like swiping to roll your windows up or down. Others, like miming a twisting motion to adjust the radio dial, are so useless that they're baffling.
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