BMW Mechanic - Augmented Reality Glasses - repair manual of the future.

[Paul E Ester]

[dkf]

1. Wow this is so cool!

Just one of the reasons I love DU...

[leveymg]

2. Takes all the intelligence out of fixing a car. But, I have to admit,

there have been times I wish I had something like this.

[Paul E Ester]

3. This would make one amazing cookbook too...nt

[AtheistCrusader]

4. What no more Haynes or Clymer manuals?

Frankly, I use youtube. See someone do it once, keep a reference around for torque values and tools, and I'm good to go.

Manuals, even the dealership/in-house mechanic manuals suck compared to seeing someone do it once.

[Merlot]

5. Groovy- now anyone who can use a screw driver can repair a BMW

No more need for that pesky automotive training school! Hire anyone off the street, give 'em glasses, and pay them minimum wage.

[Paul E Ester]

6. The good news is...

Some doctor roles are virtually like mechanics.

We're in the middle of amazing times.

3d printers will change how things are made and how factories work.

Who would have thought that modern manufacturing could be done without a factory? Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. So it is startling to think about manufacturing without tooling, assembly lines or supply chains. However, that is what is emerging as 3D printing takes hold.

http://www.csc.com/lef/insights/92142-3d_printing_and_the_future_of_manufacturing

UAV's will replace pilots, and eventually drivers.

FedEx founder Fred Smith came by the Wired offices yesterday for a chat on a range of things, but I'll focus here on the bit relevant to this site. He says that they'd like to switch their fleet to UAVs as soon as possible

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/fred-smith-fedex-wants-uavs

Mind machine interfaces will continue to get better. Whats now the smartphone, becomes the glasses, becomes thing in your ear, becomes the little wire sticking out of your head.
Paralysed woman moves robot with her mind http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017106435

Right this momement there are thousands of automated DNA sequencers and automated tools for synthesizing DNA creating combinations of DNA, that will someday create an evolutionary leap or disaster.

If Engineers Program DNA, Is It Intelligent Design?
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2012/02/if_engineers_pr055971.html

It's all happening at light speed, faster than our ethicist or society can digest.