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It's time to stop and think about in-car HMIs The sophistication of automotive human machine interfaces (HMIs) is easy to underestimate. From the comfort of the driver's seat we can make calls, access podcasts, listen to music, find routes and check emails. Many of the in-car entertainment and information features we have come to accept and rely on do indeed make our driving experience more enjoyable. But and it's a big but - research...

The future of mobility: designed for life The future of mobilitysounds exciting, doesn't it? But try to define it and you soon find it's like putting a fence round a cloud. What will it look like? When will we get there? Who decides? And why are we still not wearing jetpacks? Maybe next year. The Royal College of Art in London does not seem like the most obvious place to look for hard-headed thinking on these things. But it has a...