If you like touch screen technology, then your going to really like Apple's new touch screen in the dashboard. The company recently filed a patent to produce a system that will replace most of your car's existing instrumentation.
When Apple announced the forth coming release of iTunes Radio last June, there was some speculation at that time, that that was the next step in the company's move toward the, "connected car." The idea was that was floating around was that the iPhone and iOS would not only provide a way to listened to your downloads, but to make phone calls and access the internet from your car as well.
The touch screen dashboard will be capable of a whole lot more. Apple is looking to make manual control of your car obsolete. The new design is said to include not only touch screens, but cameras for head and eye tracking, lasers for light, and voice actuation for hands free adjustments. Under the new system a driver will be able to control not only the radio and the temperature, but the headlights, wipers, mirrors, and much more.
Apple also intends to add tactile features that will act as knobs and sliders for control of your car's instrumentation. This will be done by the inclusion of indents and raised portions of the screen that will glow when they're ready to be used and fade once the action is finished.
What's being called the "iDash," by some bloggers, is expected to make it's way into vehicles in 2014, in time for the 2015 model release. May car manufacturers are already on board. When all is said and done, it looks like the future is quickly becoming the present.
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