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Snowdog @ Sep 21st 2007 7:12PM
I have been seeing this stuff for over a decade (maybe 20 years now) but nothing ever reaches production.
Dan Roth @ Sep 21st 2007 8:40PM
My prediction: it'll be a long time, if ever, before the system makes it to production. Like other commenters have said, linear actuators require gobs of juice - producing current weighs a lot when you factor in uprated alternators, heavier gauge wiring, and the weight of the actuators themselves. The cars do look weird in person, you glimpse one and immediately know that what you're looking at is one of their mules. The R&D on this system has likely already paid significant dividends to the rest of the company through technology sharing. Speakers aren't very different from linear actuators - now if they could just get their audio gear to sound like there's not a wool blanket over the speakers, they'd be all set.
Golferal @ Sep 22nd 2007 1:42AM
Agreed Dan. There's the old saying: "No highs, no lows, must be Bose!".