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