| It seems that touch screen technology is upon | | | | touch. Of course there are several |
| us now more than ever and is not likely to | | | | disclaimers addressing the owner and operator |
| end any time soon. With the Apple iphone on | | | | of the vehicle to only use the buttons while |
| everyone’s wish list in 2007 to touch | | | | not driving, bringing up issues of accidents- |
| screen computer screens, grocery store check | | | | drivers playing around with controls while |
| outs, banks and even the postal delivery | | | | they are suppose to be driving. |
| service asking you to kindly sign the touch | | | | |
| screen. What is the latest in touch screen | | | | Â |
| technology? | | | | |
| | | | Other smart function of these little |
| Â | | | | computers is how they are connected. If it |
| | | | looks like several cars with computers inside |
| Touch screens have found their way into cars. | | | | them are converging in one area over another, |
| The GPS system- once seemed to signify a high | | | | the computer may suggest going a different |
| tech gadget in automobiles is becoming a | | | | direction in order to avoid traffic |
| standard. Now, computers in cars which | | | | congestion. |
| include GPS systems offer more than just an | | | | |
| interactive compass. Computers being built | | | | Â |
| for the next year’s model cars will | | | | |
| replace some of the current buttons we have | | | | Who knows where we will find touch screen |
| all come accustomed to. Soon, more small | | | | technology next. We went from having a |
| screens built in as part of the dashboard or | | | | computer mouse with touch pad technology |
| just to the right of the steering wheel | | | | similar to using a touch screen to laptops |
| won’t provide the shock factor they | | | | with their own touch pad and now touch |
| once used to. Starting in 2009, Volkswagen | | | | screens on computers and other screens that |
| will be installing computers in all of their | | | | let us move things around using strictly our |
| new cars, whether people ask for them or not. | | | | fingertips. Cars are more technical then they |
| These computers will be replacing the | | | | have ever been and it takes a lot more skill |
| controls for heating, air conditioning and | | | | to be an auto mechanic then it used to. Even |
| trip computers all within the car’s own | | | | though computers on our dashboards may seem |
| computer. With no physical keyboard | | | | like the cool new feature now-perhaps some |
| necessary, a touchpad keyboard is built | | | | day we will wonder how we ever drove a car |
| within the screen, allowing the driver to | | | | without them. |
| touch the screen and control functions by | | | | |