Mercedes-Benz has a car that can read your mind.

Mercedes-Benz has a car that can read your mind

Hey, car...oh, you've already done it.

Are you annoyed by constantly going through the menus on your car's touchscreen? Mercedes-Benz has a very futuristic solution.

On Monday, at the IAA Mobility 2021 show in Munich, Germany, the company displayed the next iteration of its Vision AVTR concept car, first shown at CES 2020.

According to Mercedes-Benz, the car now has tech that lets you perform certain tasks just by thinking about them. It's based on visual perception — the car has light dots projected on the car's digital dashboard, and a BCI (brain-computer interface) device with wearable electrodes is attached to the back of the user's head.

After a short calibration period, the device can record and measure brain activity, so when the user focuses on a specific light on a dashboard, the device can detect that and perform a certain task.

We're not talking about something purely theoretical; visitors of the IAA Mobility 2021 show can try the technology out for themselves by visiting the Mercedes-Benz booth.                  

The Vision AVTR (a reference to the movie Avatar, in which the protagonists can establish neural connection with the natural world on the moon of Pandora) is Mercedes-Benz's most futuristic concept. The car has no steering wheel, has its back covered in scaly-looking "bionic flaps," and has wheels that can rotate far enough to allow the car to move sideways, among other futuristic technologies.                                   

Comments

  1. Will be funny when the car follows thoughts related to rhythmic loin movements with an immediate course change to the nearest whorehouse.

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  2. Not a good idea, a driver in 'road rage' is bad enough. ;D

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  3. Wait, I thought I knew about this before?

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  4. It's.. so beautiful 😍😍😍 #love #car #fashion

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  5. Drivers will soon be able to enjoy a telepathic relationship with their cars. Here's how:

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  6. 😮
    "the car has tech that lets you perform certain tasks just by #thinking about them. It's based on visual perception — the car has light dots projected on its digital dashboard, and a #BCI (brain-computer interface) with #wearable electrodes attached to the back of user's head.

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  7. Avatar 1: Hold my Dragon

    Avatar 2: Hold my AVTR Mercedes

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  8. 2020: this looks cool af
    2030: why is this so different from the original design

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  9. This is so innovative
    Just Priceless
    #bestornothing

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  10. Can't believe i already started imagining owning this amazing beauty. I'll literally stay right there as i had no where else to go. Such a masterpiece ❤

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  11. Watching this, it just, wow. This really made me tear up, you people at Mercedes-Benz are truly the best car innovators ever.

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  12. This is really great. Perfect in a word.

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  13. This is just a piece from one of their masterpieces

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  14. Really hoping this becomes a production model just the way it is now. Beautiful, mad respect to you, mercedes.

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  15. Unbelieveable beautiful. The best or nothing! ❤

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  16. Wow. That video let me speechless, Mercedes. Beautiful. Hope all this Visions you are having will lead to something beautiful

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  17. It is insanely beautiful! The best or nothing!

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  18. That's got to be a masterpiece.
    The best or nothing.

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  19. Madness. Can't wait to see it moving.

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  20. Really a DREAM CAR! Good job Mercedes !

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  21. meanwhile Elon Musk be like: hold my shattered windows

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  22. We’ve waited a long long time but... we’re finally here

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  23. All I can say it simple, elegant, and beautiful; beats Tesla design any day of the week.

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  24. This is truly "THE BEST OR NOTHING"

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  25. how cool is that! another concept care we're never going to see on the road, neat!

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  26. Mercedes Benz - always the best
    Truly , THE BEST OR NOTHING

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  27. I think I fell in love with this. Again.

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  28. Brutal! O-O I want more! w-w

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