The Cake is a Detour

July 9, 2008 2:34 PM

Ask and it shall be given. Also, here's what Knight Industries has been working on for the past 20 years. Seems like they went backwards a bit.
posted by assoctw (10 comments total)

That's just bizarre. Why would I want LEDs shining back in my face from my GPS unit? And they comment on it's 'clean lines' when if you look at any other Mio product, it actually has much less stuff on the face of it.

Normally I love this kind of thing, but this one just doesn't do it for me.
posted by quin at 2:51 PM on July 9, 2008

I want my GPS system to do this.
posted by Navelgazer at 2:53 PM on July 9, 2008

Besides, who wants the KITT voice when you could have Mr. T or Gary Busey (!) lead you around?

Eddie Izzard too!
posted by quin at 3:01 PM on July 9, 2008 [2 favorites]

YouTube user AskGLaDOS does a dead-on GLaDOS impression... somehow.

It would be great if there were a text-to-speech synthesizer that could mimic that weirdly lilting voice...
posted by Rhaomi at 3:14 PM on July 9, 2008

I want my GPS system to do this.

Clearly, you are not married.
posted by assoctw at 3:14 PM on July 9, 2008

What I really want is a GPS voice pack that speaks in the voice of the turrets (yes, I know it's the same voice actor). I love those little guys.
posted by longdaysjourney at 3:28 PM on July 9, 2008

US Robotics is shit too. WTF? A modem!??! IS THAT ALL?
posted by Artw at 3:29 PM on July 9, 2008

You want innovation? How about HoffSpace?
posted by carsonb at 5:14 PM on July 9, 2008

Needs emotion.
posted by autodidact at 8:47 PM on July 9, 2008

Eddie Izzard too!

You linked to the wrong place! Go here and click "Listen Here" (yay Flash-breaks-web-nav-model!) to hear examples. caution: eye-bleeding web design

Also his phone ring tones make my sides hurt.
posted by intermod at 4:30 AM on July 10, 2008