The steering wheel controls are moreintuitivethan the dials I've found on Germancars, and the voicecommandsystem, upgradedtoaccept 10, 000 words, also workedsurprisinglywell.
The DDX370 benefits from being compatible with the ADS iDataLink Maestro RR, giving the DDX370 the capability of interfacing with a factory Ford SYNC and offering command over functions such as steering wheel controls, hand-free controls and external USB device inputs.
Because of the time needed for a radio signal from Earth to reach the rover -- about 14 minutes at Mars' current position -- "We don't command the rover with a joystick or a steering wheel in real time, " Tompkins said.