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feeds.boingboing.net - 10/23/2009

Steering wheel tray

— feeds.boingboing.net — Boing Boing guestblogger Connie Choe is a health and culture writer by day and a professional kimchimonger... by night. Meet the AutoExec WM-01 Wheelmate Steering Wheel Desk Tray . This hunk o' plastic with a fancy name must be A) brilliant in its simplicity, or B) hopelessly dumb. But I ... (more) Steering wheel tray

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hardware.slashdot.org - 10/21/2009

Toyota Experimenting With Joystick Control For Cars

— hardware.slashdot.org — alphadogg writes "Today it's the stuff of video games, but Toyota is experimenting with joystick control for... a new breed of compact cars and transporters. The world's biggest car maker built the technology into a couple of concept vehicles that were ... (more) Toyota Experimenting With Joystick Control For Cars

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techradar.com - 10/25/2009

Toyota brings game tech to joystick-driven car

— techradar.com — Fans of those near-future sci-fi movies where all that seems different is that cars are controlled by... joysticks instead of steering wheels will want to look out for a new electric car from Toyota offering that very experience right now. Admittedly, the FT-EV II is still a prototype, but one of ... (more) Toyota brings game tech to joystick-driven car

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Engadget:  Toyota's FT-EV II concept sports steampunk interior, joystick controls

DVICE Atom Feed:  Behold, the steering wheel of the future

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Goodbye steering wheel, here comes drive-by-joystick: http://bit.ly/PnBJ1 10/23/2009

Toyota are always one step ahead, now they've showcasing joystick controlled cars http://bit.ly/3stq0g 10/22/2009

http://bit.ly/3stq0g Goodbye steering wheel, here comes driveby-joystick -, @networkworld 10/22/2009

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Toyota's FT-EV II concept sports steampunk interior, joystick controls
Engadget — ... Toyota's FT-EV concept was tiny, quirky, electric powered -- and honestly a bit predictable. Its successor, the FT-EV II, takes that staid design and sends it way out there, leaving the exterior unchanged (some gold detailing adds a touch of flash) but dialing up ...

Behold, the steering wheel of the future
DVICE Atom Feed — ... to Toyota's FT-EV II concept. Instead, we'll be using this super-futuristic joystick contraption. I like it. Looking like something simultaneously out of a fantasy past and a far-fetched future, the interior of the FT-EV II looks nothing like any car we've seen before. It doesn't, however, look so crazy as to be unusable. I'd love to take this thing for a spin and see how it feels. Maybe someday Toyota will take this out of the concept stage. We can only hope. NetworkWorld via Engadget