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High-tech car additions offer families more to do during travel

Implications - Juggling between navigating directions and distracting children, travelers look to more engaging travel devices to help make excursions more enjoyable. Tech-savvy car additions offer children access to mainstream media and social platforms, creating a handy source of entertainment. Built-in tablets and wireless car features cater demands for travel-friendly distractions, allowing for a more easy-going trip.
Trend Themes
1. Wireless Car Features - Wireless car features such as built-in tablets and smartphone cradles offer opportunities for companies to incorporate new technology as part of an enhanced car entertainment experience.
2. Heads-up Display Technology - Heads-up displays provide a new level of convenience and functionality to drivers, and companies should consider retrofitting existing vehicles to appeal to consumers seeking a safer and more futuristic driving experience.
3. Integrating Smartphones with Car Interfaces - As more drivers seek to interact with their smartphones while driving, car companies are developing dashboard interfaces and mobile safety dashboards that aim to mitigate the risk of distracted driving.
Industry Implications
1. Automotive Industry - The automotive industry can benefit from incorporating new technology such as wireless car features and heads-up display technology that provide an enhanced driving experience and appeal to consumers seeking safety and convenience.
2. Technology Industry - The technology industry can develop new products and interfaces such as mobile safety dashboards and gadget-mounting car devices that integrate smartphones with cars and make driving safer and more efficient.
3. Media and Entertainment Industry - The media and entertainment industry can capitalize on the growing desire for in-car entertainment by partnering with automotive companies to develop products such as the Sony Smartphone Cradle Receiver or multi-tech car chargers that offer a better travel experience for families and commuters.
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Multi-Tech Car Chargers
Multi-Tech Car Chargers
This In-Car iPad Charger Stays Put in Your Cup Holder
This in-car iPad charger stand fits into your car’s cup holder and powered by your lighter socket. Once connected and properly fixed, it holds up your tablet with its flexible bending neck and... MORE
Wireless In-Car Smartphone Docks
Wireless In-Car Smartphone Docks
The Sony XSP-N1BT Smartphone Cradle Launched at CES 2014
Tech powerhouse Sony adds to its many in-car entertainment gadgets with the release of Sony XSP-N1BT the ‘Smartphone Cradle Receiver’ at CES 1014. What makes this in-car smartphone “dock”... MORE
Interactive Car Interfaces
Interactive Car Interfaces
Bureau Oberhaeuser Designs a Modern Infotainment System for Tesla
Today’s driver is used to a heightened level of interactive features when it comes to technology and this car interface concept for Tesla’s Model S satisfies those expectations. This... MORE
Vehicular Heads-Up Displays
Vehicular Heads-Up Displays
The Iris Heads-Up Display Can Be Retrofitted to Existing Cars
Heads-up displays are slowly but surely entering the public consciousness, and are expected to eventually become standard pieces of equipment on many cars. However for those people who already have... MORE
play_circle_filledGadget-Mounting Car Devices
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CES 2014: Scosche's 'magicMOUNT' Device Securing System
The unveiling of Scosche’s 2014 latest device—the ‘magicMOUNT’ system at CES is bound to simplify car mounting devices for good. The Scosche cradle-free magnetic mounts for the car, home... MORE
Mobile Safety Dashboards
Mobile Safety Dashboards
'Mobius' Minimizes Distractions While a Car is on Self-Driving Mode
Valeo’s new dashboard interface ‘Mobius’ aims to entertain motorists that are using their car’s self-driving mode, while mitigating dangers that come with driver distraction.... MORE

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