With buttons multiplying like barnacles on the surfaces of steering wheels, researchers in Germany developed a single touch-sensitive disc to replace them. If you can't use your iPhone while driving, why not turn your steering wheel into a iPhone?
The normally stuffy suits at IBM must've raided the ex-Xerox PARC labs for their latest project, as it's a bit out of left field. IBM is working on a steering wheel that has the ability to read a driver's lips and also serve as a drum machine. It does have some practical uses, as well — as if anything could be more…
