Toyota Patents Winking, Laughing, Crying Car

Posted by simoniker on Monday July 26, 2004 @07:14AM from the international-sign-of-the-finger dept.

theodp writes "If the patent system ain't broke, don't fix it: The NY Times/IHT reports that four inventors working for Toyota in Japan have won a patent for a car that they say can help drivers communicate better by glaring angrily at another car cutting through traffic, as well as appear to cry, laugh, wink or just look around." The article goes on to describe "...a car with an antenna that wags, an adjustable body height, headlights that vary in intensity and hood slits and ornamentation designed to look like eyebrows, eyelids and tears."

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Re:So it's on the front, right? by untaken_name · 2004-07-26 07:50 · Score: 0, Troll

Sometimes, especially here in Atlanta, traffic is so thick that you can't help doing someone stupid sometimes.

Hmm. The traffic must be *really* bad if you have time for that.

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This seems about right... by bangular · 2004-07-26 07:53 · Score: 0, Troll

It's nice to see Toyota get a patent these days. They took a big hit when Honda got the patent for ricers.