When I was a child, there was a television program called “My Mother, the Car,” which had the following
premise (idea or concept for a story): A man’s mother dies, and her soul or mind takes possession of (owns) her son’s car! The show was a bizarre (very odd or strange) comedy, where the son would talk to his “mother” who was now part of the car by using the car radio. We often imagine that our machines are like people, so this show made that idea the basis for (the principal idea for) the show.
Nowadays (currently, now), we have computers in our cars which can talk to us and tell us where to go, almost like a real human being. The Learning Guide for ESL Podcast 309 has a Cultural Note about these types of computers, GPS navigation systems, which help drivers know exactly where they are, usually on a screen map in their car. But will we in the future have even more “intelligent” cars? I just saw this article about a new center (place of research) at the University of Michigan called the Center for Intelligent Vehicles. They are studying the possibility of connecting cars to a larger network or system which could help control traffic and even prevent traffic accidents.
Soon, you may not need your mother in your car, just a computer.
~Jeff
Thank you Jeff
Hi, I’m Celeste and I want to say that advance technological is giving big steps. I will be one of those people with computer in the car because I always getting lost. Jajajaja.
It is very nice to think that our mam should be ever with us in the car……………, telling us good things and
showing us the way not to be lost…………. but as it is not possible we have changed her by a computer, uff
I dislike very much the change and prefer her showing my way
Seriously now, really I do not know how much good may be done by that mchines in the car as some time
you are listening to what they talk or looking at the screen and your mind is upset with so many information.
Love to everybody in the blog.
Hi!
I’m a computer scientist and I have same other perspective on new technology in world. Current computer science has about 20 years history and I don’t thing is ready to be use in very responsible place, especially for be responsible for human being. I don’t like to go in car which is drive by computer system of today quality. It’s to early yet! Now I have wife who give me advice and she never show blue screen (as the MS Windows) – only sometimes red :).
Regards for everybody in the blog!
RS