Heard of backup cameras for cars? Think of Mobileye's AWS system as the same thing for the front. Except you use it while driving. And instead of helping you avoid accidents while in your driveway, it helps you keep a safe distance from other vehicles. Okay, I guess it's not a hell of a lot like a backup camera, apart from being camera-based, but just stay with me, okay? A small video camera scans traffic in front of you, feeding the visual data to a powerful image processor, called the EyeQ. The EyeQ then analyzes your position relative to other traffic and the road in real time, and a color-coded indicator on the dashboard gives you visual and audio cues if you, say, get too close to the guy in front of you or start to veer out of a lane. Not a bad idea, as new auto techs go, though you have to wonder how it'll be able to tell between someone falling asleep at the wheel and a simple lane change. Then again, considering the aftermarket system costs $1,800, they've probably taken that into account. This could mean we're one step closer to the highway-utopian future of Minority Report where all cars are robot-driven. Feel… happy? — Peter Pachal

Mobileye, via The Detroit News