http://www.gizmag.com Vehicles are slowly but surely heading towards a future where the driver is almost irrelevant. A raft of new technologies will be employed to control a vehicle’s performance, speed and steering. Eventually leading to vehicles that drive themselves. Many Technologies designed to assist drivers are already reaching fruition including systems that recognize tiredness in drivers or control the throttle and brakes for the duration of a journey. The latest driver assist technology to catch our eye comes out of the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT), where researchers are creating an in-car personal robot that is designed to offer the same kind of guidance as “an informed and friendly companion.”en gizmag.com http://www.gizmag.com/affective-intelligent-driving-agent-mit/13239/#comment-9952 http://www.gizmag.com/affective-intelligent-driving-agent-mit/13239/#comment-9952 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:48:33 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/affective-intelligent-driving-agent-mit/13239/#comment-9931 http://www.gizmag.com/affective-intelligent-driving-agent-mit/13239/#comment-9931 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:35:20 -0600