Buick created the first car touchscreen all the way back in 1986. The technology was dropped because customers were complaining about taking their eyes off the road, and it wouldn’t been seen again for some time:
Fun fact: Zenith made these touch screens. How many have seen a Zenith tube TV?
Edit: thank you all for the likes and nostalgia. Growing up I had a Zenith tube TV. Whenever the signal would go out I was the antenna boy moving the ears and sometimes taping the antenna to the wall.
My first car! My dad bought a used one because the doors were wide enough, and thinking he could put in swivel bucket seats to make getting his wheelchair in the backseat easier. When he couldn’t do that, he kept it for me. Biggest car ever for Little old me, but man I sure was safe.
true818 on August 20th, 2020 at 02:44 UTC »
Fun fact: Zenith made these touch screens. How many have seen a Zenith tube TV?
Edit: thank you all for the likes and nostalgia. Growing up I had a Zenith tube TV. Whenever the signal would go out I was the antenna boy moving the ears and sometimes taping the antenna to the wall.
halfpint812 on August 20th, 2020 at 03:08 UTC »
My first car! My dad bought a used one because the doors were wide enough, and thinking he could put in swivel bucket seats to make getting his wheelchair in the backseat easier. When he couldn’t do that, he kept it for me. Biggest car ever for Little old me, but man I sure was safe.
Noctudeit on August 20th, 2020 at 03:21 UTC »
They have a point. Touchscreens are still harder to use while driving than analogue controls due to the lack of haptic feedback.