# 'Soon, Your Car May Be Able to Read Your Expressions' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725 "2017-04-07T02:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/1 "2017-04-07T02:42:10Z")
> **[Soon, Your Car May Be Able to Read Your Expressions](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/automobiles/wheels/cars-facial-recognition-expressions.html)** > > Facial recognition and other technology are set to further personalize the driving experience. Mine would avert its eyes. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/2 "2017-04-07T03:21:12Z")
I wish they would figure out how to make a comfortable seat first. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/3 "2017-04-07T03:33:59Z")
I wonder what the car makers will have to say about the expressions on the faces of those who have their new car into the shop for the nteenth time during the first year of ownership. I agree with Keith about comfortable seats. The ones in my Lincoln are superb. The seats in my daughters '05 Mustang and '15 Challenger are made out of cement. The RT was a joy to drive but on a 1000 mile trip I’d have to do some mods to the seats first. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/4 "2017-04-07T03:37:09Z")
At first I thought they were talking about reading the meaning of garage-floor stains from engine leaks … lol … ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/5 "2017-04-07T03:57:51Z")
As long as it doesn’t tell my wife anything 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Waterbuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f07891/32.png) [@Waterbuff](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Waterbuff)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/6 "2017-04-07T21:52:50Z")
How much psychological manipulation might there be? Look at Uber: > **[How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/02/technology/uber-drivers-psychological-tricks.html)** > > The start-up has undertaken an extraordinary experiment in behavioral science to subtly entice an independent work force to maximize company revenue. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/7 "2017-04-07T21:59:23Z")
Now if it was really smart it could read hand gestures and vocal outbursts 🗣 ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/8 "2017-04-07T23:35:15Z")
No more horn rings, just mood rings. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/9 "2017-04-08T01:09:02Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > Soon, Your Car May Be Able to Read Your Expressions **I need that like I need tap-dance lessons!** Just build a dam\_ car. Leave that crap to the more graceful folks to screw around with, someplace other than cars. _ **CSA** _ ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/10 "2017-04-08T03:57:40Z")
> [@common\_sense\_answer](#): > > I need that like I need tap-dance lessons Did you need those horsemanship lessons? Cars are on their way to becoming our friends, along with the voices in our smart(er than we are) phones and Internet-enabled everything (did you hear about the Internet-connected vibrator?). We’ll be blobs of protoplasm living in virtual worlds. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/soon-your-car-may-be-able-to-read-your-expressions/102725/11 "2017-04-08T11:37:00Z")
> [@RandomTroll](#): > > Did you need those horsemanship lessons? No, but I needed the P.E. credits. I had already taken, scuba, canoeing, gymnastics and alpine skiing. Besides, I was always kind of afraid of horses, so I thought I’d overcome that silly fear. I’m more afraid of those things than ever. I learned too much. Their utter stupidity and their losing total bodily control when frightened is not a good thing, especially considering they weigh 3/4 tons, no steering wheel or brakes, and I’m sitting on top! _ **CSA** _