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Another film sighting

Another film sighting

Posted Feb 27, 2009 6:58 UTC (Fri) by eru (subscriber, #2753)
In reply to: Another film sighting by klaasjan
Parent article: Microsoft sues TomTom

Interesting, I didn't know about this feature. I wonder where Wender's team got the idea for the smart navigator shown in the film? Probably ideas related to it appeared in publications already in the 1980's (the film took a long time to make), and could be useful prior art for TomTom.


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