{"id":401,"date":"2008-04-01T06:41:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T20:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/01\/vehicular-cuteness\/"},"modified":"2008-04-01T06:42:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T20:42:21","slug":"vehicular-cuteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/01\/vehicular-cuteness\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicular Cuteness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this Nissan concept car &#8212; an all-directional electrical vehicle complete with cute Japanese robot computer system.<\/p>\n<p>It just not much use for escaping from giant monsters &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><object height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MfYdas0OiTI&amp;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MfYdas0OiTI&amp;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"355\" width=\"425\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Nissan unveiled the electric-powered Pivo 2 concept car in the lead-up to the 40th Tokyo Motor Show (October 26 to November 11).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Designed for urban use, the Pivo 2 features a 360-degree revolving cabin, inherited from the first-generation Pivo, allowing the driver to always face forward while driving, even when parallel parking, and to access the unique front door from any direction. The three-seat car is equipped with safety systems such as Around View Monitor (AVM), Distance Control Assist System (DCAS) and also a Robotic Agent that uses facial monitoring technology to interact with the driver.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From YouTube <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MfYdas0OiTI\" target=\"_blank\">description<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Love the robot driver&#8217;s aid!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this Nissan concept car &#8212; an all-directional electrical vehicle complete with cute Japanese robot computer system. It just not much use for escaping from giant monsters &#8230; Nissan unveiled the electric-powered Pivo 2 concept car in the lead-up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/04\/01\/vehicular-cuteness\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,54,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}