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Japan has long been world renowned for being at the cutting edge of technology and frequently produces innovative concepts that have later filtered down into the mass-markets.Their presence in the car markets have also been very powerful and Japan is renowned for producing high quality, reliable automobiles. It should come as no surprise then to learn that a Japanese auto-tech company has recently been in talks with some of the largest automobile companies in the world, including Ford and Chrysler, to provide their cars with the latest “intelligent” computer systems.

Microchips have been used in automobiles for a long time now, controlling such things as airbags, ABS and traction control among lots of other things.A while ago new technology arrived on the scene that had self-monitoring abilities beyond just being able to tell how much fuel it had left or if a car door was left open. They could now report on tire pressures, chassis forces, multicore cables and even road surface conditions. The company in Japan known as Copal Electronics have taken the micro chip to the next level however and using new electrical components developed a car that can not only look after itself but can learn. If the car is driven around a corner in the wet at 30mph for example, and the rear wheels slide out, the car will note the road surface condition, speed, tire pressures, corning angle, weight of the car and many other factors and then make very subtle changes to things such as the circuit breakers sensitivity so that the same does not happen again.

Because the technology learns as soon as you start driving the car, it will become accustomed to different drivers techniques and habits and will even be able to preempt mistakes, claim the inventors.We may not see it in everyday cars for a few years yet as it needs to be tested fully by manufacturers, but when it does arrive it is sure to make driving a whole lot easier.