Honda Concept Car

In all the hoopla of the Tokyo Motor Show and the new concepts being displayed, I had to show this even though it's old.


Of course the image begs the question, what's that hose pointed at the dog for?

Well, thanks to high-tech imaging software developed by NASA, we can answer that question and actually display 2 possible explanations for it.

You'll see, clearly, in the above image that it's conceivable the hose is an oxygen supplier combined with a carbon dioxide filtration system. The antenna would transmit data on the health of the dog to the on-board veterinarian, which Honda is calling the iVeterinarian.

The second possibility detailed below actually identifies it as a dog-to-human translation system. When the dog barks the translator, which Honda has dubbed the iDogInteriorOscillatingTranslatorSystem, or iDIOTS for short, translates the barks into the driver's language of choice.

Notice that NASA's advanced imaging system was able to determine that the iDIOTS platform would actually be able to judge and assert emotion in the translations, indicated by the exclamation point at the end of the canine's announcement.

Let's hope this is a concept that makes it to market.