The carmaker said the B-Max would eventually run its AppLink system, which will add control of smartphone apps to voice-operated commands.

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It's design is intended to minimize problems caused by loss of sight or hearing or reduced mobility with gadgets such as telephones with extra-large easy-to-read numbers, voice-activated appliances, locks operated by fingerprint scanners and talking kitchen scales.

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It was operated by voice commands and projected its data on to the windscreen, using the same sort of head-up display system found in modern fighter jets.

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