Computers, From Desktop to Dashboard

Manufacturers of automobiles and high technology companies to find new places to put their powerful computers that are connected to the Internet, namely dashboard.

Technology giants, Intel and Google, the center of their attention to turn from the desktop to the dashboard, hope to bring the PC capabilities into the car.

They saw a huge opportunity to benefit by working with car manufacturers, making the latest generation equipment, as written by the famous U.S. newspaper report on his web site.

This Week in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the two companies demonstrated devices that sailed 10-inch high-definition video displays, maps of three dimensional (3D), and web site pages.

The first wave of "infotainment system", so that technology companies and car manufacturers say, will adorn this year's market. Together with the navigation features in it that becomes an option costs, this new system will likely become standard equipment in cars.

Although the manufacturer does not recommend the driver to watch videos or use other functions when the car drove, but the driver is still possible to view content information on a variety of restaurants and music album covers only with the touch of a finger.

Equipment that can seize control of his car when the driver's attention is becoming a talking point because it was feared would be the cause of the accident on the highway.

However, high technology companies and car manufacturers state that safety remains a priority. They said that they were making or working on technologies such as voice commands so that the screen can simultaneously display a map for the driver and the spectacle of the film in front passenger seat, like the new Jaguar xj.

"We also want to make sure it is safe and secure. This is part of our DNA is the way forward," said director of engineering electrical and electronic systems in auto companies, Ford.