This futuristic screen lets drivers get directions without taking their eyes off the road

Your smartphone screen could soon be part of your car's windshield, said Signe Brewster at TechnologyReview​.com. Navdy is a futuristic, heads-up display that allows drivers to get directions and notifications without taking their eyes off the road. The device, which connects to your smartphone, is affixed just above the steering wheel and projects a transparent display onto the windshield.

Navdy can display maps and navigation; incoming calls and texts; and music, all of which drivers can scroll through using a small click wheel that attaches to the steering wheel. Notifications can be accepted or dismissed with a wave of the hand. Eventually, "the dream for heads-up displays is a device that can seem to place directions directly on the road in front of the driver." Similar heads-up displays are already "trickling into luxury cars," but the $799 Navdy can be attached to any vehicle dashboard built after 1996.

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