Article: The thinker: Watch Out! Your car may be getting smarter than you. (Wheels).(Lexus Link navigational system)(Brief Article)

HOW SMART IS YOUR CAR? LEXUS HAS AN OPTIONAL navigational system so intelligent, it can steer you clear of ferries and toll roads with a choice of three routes to your destination, display two maps simultaneously on its 7-inch screen, and give address points for almost 10 million locations--in French or English. The system, called Lexus Link, also has a dual-mode phone and a vocabulary of 300 voice commands for its call center. Just announce, "I'm hungry!" and get a list of nearby restaurants.

State-of-the-art wireless telematics combine computing and telephony to send and receive data for navigation systems, provide voice activation for cell phones and handle ...

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