Smartphones to drive future cars

Cars of the future are set to get rid of traditional controls like buttons and switches and have a touchscreen smartphone for your driving comfort and overall safety.

Back-seat passengers will have the touchscreen to control automotive accessories such as air-conditioning, infotainment and navigation.

This will not distract drivers, media reports said. Towards this, luxury car maker Bentley has come up with a slick remote control which whirrs up from the rear of the centre console.

The device, the size of a cigarette packet, is fitted with a touchscreen. It manages audio-visual equipment like twin TV screens, a navigation system, a stereo and even a fridge.

The remote also allows passengers to configure the seats and adjust interior temperature. This kind of control will soon pass on to cheaper cars, reports added.  Using the car's Wi-Fi, the tablet will let passengers surf the internet as well as interact with the infotainment system.

Audi has gone a step further. It has come up with an Audi-brand tablet: a 10.2-inch display introduced as a remote control for a range of vehicle functions.

The tablet gives occupants access to the web, media and navigation systems as well as control over the radio, reports added. 

Top 10 Advanced Google Search Techniques

A search operator is a way for the searcher to fine-tune their search query to try to get the most relevant results possible.

1.) “Negative Keyword”
-keyword
Printer -cartridge will show results for the word printer but not the word cartridge. 

 

2.) “File Type”
filetype:pdf
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3.) “Synonyms Match”
~keyword
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“chocolate chip cookies” will not get results for someone who wrote “chocolate mint chip cookies”. Only those three words in that order.

5.) “OR”
The | symbol
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6.) “Price Range”
#…#
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7.) “All in Text”
allintext:
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MORE ADVANCED:

8.) “Search Within”
site:
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9.) “Date Search”
daterange:
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10.) “Fill in the Blank”
*
Obama signed the * bill this week will allow google to treat the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches.