Vendors such as Logitech have built thriving businesses selling cutting-edge joysticks and steering wheels for enthusiastic gamers.
And nearly all automakers with in-car computers offer buttons on their steering wheels.
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We already have force-feedback steering wheels, guitar-shaped controllers and pressure-sensitive dance pads.
Carmakers can only speculate about how the digital crash victims will change car design: more forgiving cabins, steering wheels that slide into a safer position automatically.
Mr Jobs announced this week, for instance, that Mercedes, Nissan, Volvo, Scion, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari will join BMW and offer iPod controls in their steering wheels.
Snap-up bank-note holders that press while they sterilise are also available, as are bug-killing tissues, floors, wallpaper, stuffed toys, bicycle child seats, sand boxes, origami paper and steering wheels.
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To that end, some new vehicles come with features that add comfort and relieve stress, including heated mirrors, heated steering wheels, headlight washers, heated washer nozzles and heated windshields.
Driving on the right would bring us into line with Europe and the USA, spelling an end to the expensive process of engineering cars with steering wheels on the wrong side.
These video games feature ship wheels for steering, various buttons and a gear shift for speed.
The system constantly monitors road conditions, throttle and steering input to determine which wheels should get power.
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It's still four wheels, a steering wheel and an engine and there's never been anyone better than Michael.
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At low speeds, torque vectoring can be used on the Porsche to assist with steering by powering the rear wheels at different rates to create a turning action.
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The standard equipment furthermore includes electric windows and electrically adjustable door mirrors, a leather steering wheel, leather gear knob, the entry line radio, power steering, 9-spoke alloy wheels and a luggage compartment cover.
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Each prototype has six-wheel steering, which means that they can turn all six wheels and crab sideways.
Meanwhile, there's some code in the stability-control system dubbed Agile Handling Assist, through which the car, actively braking one of more wheels, helps drivers hold their line with smaller steering inputs.
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Each of the four wheels contains an electric motor, drive train, suspension and steering and braking mechanisms.
It is, for example, equipped with a rear-wheel steering system (Precision All-Wheel Steer) that allows the rear wheels to be pointed, independently, up to 2 degrees of toe-angle adjustment in either direction (in or out, negative or positive), for 4 degrees of articulation.
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The V8 engine gets 767 total horsepower using flywheel technology at the wheels and a six-speed racing transmission with paddle-shifters at the steering wheel.
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