Isn’t technology great? At this rate, everything we create in ten years will be able to immediately provide us with feedback in some way, if not audibly. Our gadgets and gizmos giving us clear and concise updates out loud, rather than via some sort of text interface or gauge, is simply the best. Better than all the rest, in fact. It’s not like we’ve been ignoring things from the past, either.
As a perfect example of what we’re talking about, here’s a short video about a brilliant GE train that can talk in order to relay important information about its cargo, destination, and current location:
That train is definitely pretty spiffy, and of course the car is as well, but mostly the train since it’s, y’know, real. That’s not all, though. There are a number of other amazing things that have been equipped with the ability to talk in some capacity.
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(images via iFakeSiri, Steve and Sara Emry, mroach, Jennifer C.)
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