VIDEO: Nissan invents smiling car

Animatronics makes vehicle happy

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15 January 2010 11:37 GMT / By Duncan Geere

"Sounding a horn has negative connotations. If cars could smile, a new method of driving could evolve", claims Nissan in the video above. The car company has teamed up with the Hara Design Institute Nippon Design Center to build a car that can grin.

Using animatronics and a polyurethane elastomer fibre, a driver can make his or her car flash a cheeky smile at other vehicles on the road. The Fibre, which is called ROICA, can stretch by 500% to 900%, and "shows outstanding recovery" from that stretching.

So soon when you're stuck in traffic, you'll be able to beam happily at other vehicles. Beats giving them the finger, we suppose.

Via: diginfo.tv

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