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An ingenious designer made a very innovative system of ambient alerts that work on the basis of iPhone terminals and provide the driver of a car with indications regarding the problems of his car. The system designed by him is very simple: you have an iPhone, you get a special application for it, you connect it to the steering wheel of your car and when there is a problem, the terminal will notify you with sound alerts about it. The application is connected to the car's on-board computer and when there are problems with the engine or any other components, it will notify you and tell you exactly what the problem is in order to be able to solve it more easily.
Ambient Alerts is a new system for drivers to help diagnose and understand faults that might occur with their vehicle. Existing engine warning lights are easily ignored, and struggle to communicate how serious the problem can be.
Ambient Alerts measures the error's severity and displays it as a heartbeat on the user's phone. The more severe, the more the heart will change and pulsate. Much like a game controller, the steering wheel vibrates with each heartbeat. The tactile feedback is important for problems that still require the driver's attention, but otherwise might not have a tell tale physical symptom.
The ambient alerts displayed on the application would also be automatically transmitted to an assistance center of the manufacturer of your car, a center where you can call and an employee will help you solve your problem or will direct you to a representative of the company. It's a very ingenious system that will probably "catch on" well in Western countries and beyond.
