NooravathuNaal
(100thDay) directed by Manivannan starring Mohan, Vijayakant, Nalini
and Sathyaraj was released in 1984 ….the suspense thriller was of a psychopath
who abducts young women and kills them. In the film, they will see a
weekly magazine with a cover photo of horse (much before the release of the
magazine) and sooner the same will hit the stands …. More of such premonition
would follow ……… including killings..In the 1990s, Malayalam films of
Mammootty, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi had good run in Chennai, especially in
Saffire theatre… ‘Iyer the Great; was one such psychological thriller directed
by Bhadran, starring Mammootty&Geetha. The storyline was on ‘ESP’…..
Extrasensory perception or ESP, includes reception of information not
gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind. The
term was adopted by Duke University psychologist J. B. Rhine to denote psychic
abilities such as telepathy, clairaudience, and clairvoyance, and their
trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. ESP is also
sometimes referred to as a sixth sense.
Jaguar”.. .. ..Pantheraonca,
is a big cat, a feline in the Panthera genus, and is the only Panthera species
found in the Americas. The jaguar
is the third-largest feline after the tiger and the lion, and the largest in
theWestern Hemisphere. This spotted cat most closely resembles the
leopard physically, although it is usually larger and of sturdier build and itsbehavioral and habitat characteristics are closer to
those of the tiger.
The
luxury cars of Jaguar needs no introduction … sometime back Jaguar was quoted
as stating that it would invest $2.4 billion in a new range of lightweight
aluminium sports sedans and crossover SUVs aimed at the mass market, creating
1,700 jobs in a British economy showing signs of resilience. The spending is
part of a move to launch more affordable models from 2015 to emulate the
success of lower cost luxury vehicles made by its sister company Land Rover. Jaguar Cars headquartered in Whitley, Coventry,England,
owned by Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, is now a subsidiary of Indian
automaker Tata Motors. Jaguar was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company by Sir
William Lyons in 1922, originally making motorcycle sidecars before developing
passenger cars.
One
fascinating thing about the Car is its logo ~ the Jaguar logo comprises
of a jumping jaguar above the company’s name, depicting speed, power and
brilliance of the cars produced by the company.The
Jaguar logo was created in 1935. The logo was first seen on a sedan called S.S.
100 Jaguar that was manufactured at the time. However, later, when the production
of Jaguar cars commenced, the logo was changed to the eminent wild cat symbol,
known as ‘Jaguar’, which looks like it is pouncing over the name of the
company.There are many models and the Jaguar F Type costs around Rs.1.40 crores
in India. Jaguar XF is much cheaper – starting
around 45 lakhs and rising beyond 1.5o crores. The latest brainwave from
Jaguar - a car with a 'sixth sense' that reads your mind !!!!
The
newsitem in MailOnline on the car that can read one’s mind is fascinating; this sixth sense would help save people by
measuring how well its drivers are concentrating through their brainwaves.The
aim is to reduce the number of accidents caused by drivers who are stressed,
distracted and failing to concentrate on the road ahead. It is stated that Jaguar will use a range of
sensors in steering wheels and seats to monitor the driver.
The
brainwave research project called ‘MindSense’ is to see if a car could
effectively read the brainwaves that indicate a driver is beginning to
daydream, or feeling sleepy, whilst driving.Currently, the most common method
for monitoring brainwaves is close to the source using sensors attached to a
headband. But this would be impractical in a vehicle. So Jaguar Land Rover is
investigating a method already used by NASA to develop a pilot’s concentration
skills and also by the US bobsleigh team to enhance concentration and focus.
This detects brainwaves through the hands via sensors embedded in the steering
wheel. The Jaguar Land Rover ‘Sixth Sense’ research project uses advanced
technology from sports, medicine and aerospace to monitor the driver’s heart
rate, respiration and levels of brain activity to identify driver stress,
fatigue and lack of concentration.
Jaguar’s
UK-based researchers are looking at other innovations that would reduce the
amount of time the driver’s eyes are off the road whilst driving. This includes
a ‘wellness seat’ in a Jaguar XJ which analyses the driver’s heart rate and
breathing to monitor driver health and stress, touchscreens that predict which
button you want to press as the user’s fingers are in mid-air, and a new
vibrating and pulsing accelerator pedal that communicates hazards to the
driver. They were being shown off at JLR’s engineering and research centre in
Gaydon, Warwickshire recently.
The
brainwave research project called ‘MindSense’ is to see if a car could
effectively read the brainwaves that indicate a driver is beginning to
daydream, or feeling sleepy, whilst driving.A Jaguar spokesman said: ‘Because
the sensing is taking place further away from the driver’s head, software is
used to amplify the signal and filter out the pure brainwave from any
background ‘noise’'. The car firm is currently conducting user trials to
collect more information on the different brainwaves identified through the
steering wheel sensors and will involve leading neuroscientists in the project
to verify the results.
Even
if the eyes are on the road, a lack of concentration or a daydream will mean
the driver isn’t paying attention to the driving task. They may miss a warning
icon or sound, or be less aware of other road users so we are looking at how we
could identify this and prevent it causing an accident.’ He said: ‘If brain
activity indicates a daydream or poor concentration, then the steering wheel or
pedals could vibrate to raise the driver’s awareness and re-engage them with
driving’. To reduce driver distraction by minimising the amount of time the
driver’s eyes are on the dashboard or ‘infotainment’ screen, a prototype car
uses cameras embedded in the car to track the driver’s hand movements and this
enables the system to predict which button the driver intends to press.JLR
said: ‘This allows successful button selection to take place in mid-air, which
means users wouldn’t have to touch the screen itself. Jaguar says the system
could also use ‘mid-air touch’ to provide the driver with a sensation,
otherwise known as ‘haptic feedback’, that their button selection has been
successful.
This
strange sensation is created using ultrasonic signals to create a touch
sensation in mid-air without the skin needing to be in contact with any
surface. These sensations could include a ‘tap’ on your finger or a ‘tingling’
on your fingertips. Such sensations could also be used to ‘communicate’ with
the driver using pulses and vibrations through the accelerator pedal to
increase the speed of response and to ensure the correct action is taken.
So there are cars fitted with
gadgets of modern technology and here is a car where technology would drive you
!!
With regards
– S. Sampathkumar
18th
June 2015.
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