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Old 08-20-10, 01:37 PM   #1
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Default Augmented driving app...

This just doesent seem like a good idea to me...

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Augmented Driving, the app uses the phone's built-in camera to view the road ahead and imaGinyze's to detect road obstacles, warning the driver of any potential hazards with voice notifications. It even claims "head-up display (HUD) for system and status information," though it achieves that not as a true projected HUD display, but simply on the iPhone's screen, mounted to the windshield.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2010/...vers-predator/
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Old 08-20-10, 01:41 PM   #2
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Aye, sounds like a bad idea.
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Old 08-20-10, 02:38 PM   #3
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Yeah, that's got Bad News and Law Suit written all over it.

How about an app that tells you to put the <expletive deleted> phone DOWN while you are driving?
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Old 08-20-10, 02:53 PM   #4
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Yeah, that's got Bad News and Law Suit written all over it.

How about an app that tells you to put the <expletive deleted> phone DOWN while you are driving?
You know what thats not a bad idea. Maybe an app that wont let you dial or text when traveling at speeds greater than 30mph.
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Old 08-20-10, 03:15 PM   #5
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You know what thats not a bad idea. Maybe an app that wont let you dial or text when traveling at speeds greater than 30mph.
But then people would whine about not being able to use their precious cell phone while they are a passenger.

After all, it has been confirmed in "a study" that if you can't access your cell phone at least every 15 seconds you will die.
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