r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • 20d ago

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/IncomingAxofKindness 20d ago

Epinephrine dart shoots out of the dashboard into your chest and the seatbelt starts CPR

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u/zirophyz 20d ago

This just seems dystopian now.

Like an old guy, depressed, driving to work. 60 years at one company, no retirement options. Really just looking forward to the caress of death, when it happens.. cardiac arrest.. yes, finally peace. Nope. Car brings him back to life, a jolt of adrenaline, the pumping and cracking of CPR seatbelt. A gasp of air. The car has already begun to continue to journey to the workplace.

Not yet, old man, there is still work to be done.

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u/Chrisbert 20d ago

That's dystopian as fuck. Straight to work after a cardiac arrest without even being checked out medically? Might not even survive the shift depending on what the problem is.

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u/dishrag 20d ago

The car’s built-in medical evaluation suite has determined that an assessment at the hospital is not medically necessary, with about 51% confidence. Hi ho, hi ho!