A modern day person driving a four-wheeler needs to have a GPS navigator – no matter whether it is a fully dedicated one or a mobile smart-phone with navigation facility. A navigation system does offer advantages like cautioning you of the ramps, bridges, exits, dead-ends, etc falling ahead of you on the roads. It has a few drawbacks as well. A major problem is that it requires you to look at the gadget every now and then, which naturally amount to frequent distractions. When you focus on your gadget, you can’t focus on the road. Thus, this could well be considered a traffic hazard while driving.
Navdy – a gadget introduced a few months ago - seems to be a fair answer to this problem. It simply extends the apps that you have on your phone without your having to go for any service plan as such. Not only it displays navigation on the transparent screen, it also functions naturally with mere gestures – no need to even touch. For answering a call, all you have to do is to swipe left through gesture. Dismissing an unwelcome notification, similarly, can be done through a right swipe. Thus there is no more need for looking down to fumble with various knobs, buttons or touch-screens.
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Additionally, it has the facility for voice recognition. It can follow your voice command to ‘compose new tweets’, ‘write new text’ or calling your wife. You can, further, customise the apps to display those that you may need to use while driving. Any notification on your phone – calendar, social, etc. – can be displayed, read aloud or disabled as per your requirements. Interestingly, the navigation does not disappear, when a call comes or a notification appears.
Navdy has a dimension of 130mm width x 140 mm depth x 95 mm height (inclusive of display). The features include 5.1" wide transparent Head-Up Display (HUD), High quality projector, IR camera for touchless gesture control and Audio out via Bluetooth. It is priced at USD 319.00 inclusive of shipping, and can be had from http://www.navdy.com/
Navdy has a dimension of 130mm width x 140 mm depth x 95 mm height (inclusive of display). The features include 5.1" wide transparent Head-Up Display (HUD), High quality projector, IR camera for touchless gesture control and Audio out via Bluetooth. It is priced at USD 319.00 inclusive of shipping, and can be had from http://www.navdy.com/
Author : Syed Zafar Ahmad
Designation: Executive Editor
Bio: A freelancer with a flair for experimenting with innovative technology and electronic gadgets that could enrich the life of a modern common man, and a consultant in issues touching every-day life of a computer suave professional.
Bio: A freelancer with a flair for experimenting with innovative technology and electronic gadgets that could enrich the life of a modern common man, and a consultant in issues touching every-day life of a computer suave professional.
