Hyundai Motor has unveiled a concept cockpit for a car that it could "monitor the physical and mental state of the driver." Tracking heart rate, posture, breathing and facial feature recognition. The car would deliver "mood bursts" to make the driver calmer or more alert, Hyundai said in a statement.
The "burst" could include adjusting the seat position for either more alertness or relaxation, as well as adjustments to the warmth of the car's lighting, temperature, music volume and even the scents of lavender or eucalyptus inside the car.
An AAA study last year found that nearly 80 percent of drivers "expressed significant anger, aggression or road rage behind the wheel."
For Hyundai, the future of the car is also clean and connected. The company also announced that it would partner with Cisco to ensure security for self-driving connected cars, and that it would release a new hydrogen fuel cell car by 2018.
The mood burst better comes in the right time otherwise drivers may be more angered at the car itself.
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