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[CES 2014] When it comes to self-driving cars, the technology in that particular department has grown by leaps and bounds over the years. BMW, the company that churns out the “ultimate driving machine” for many years now, has showcased their very own self-driving car which is capable of performing a “drift” around bends as well as slalom between cones. This is an important development, since to drift is not an easy thing to do even for an experienced driver. The self-driving cars from BMW happen to come in the form of the modified 2-Series Coupe and 6-Series Gran Coupe, where they can move fast enough to hurtle round a racetrack while take full control a power slide – all in an automatic manner without the need for any kind of driver intervention.

Magic is not used here, but rather, good old fashioned technology, where we will find the incorporation of a 360-degree radar, ultrasonic sensors and cameras, allowing the cars to sense and adapt to their surroundings. If you are interested to see such autonomous driving technology, you might want to drop by CES 2014 and check it out. They aren’t the only ones to experiment with such technology, as Japan’s Toyota has also been showcasing their very own autonomous car on the CES showfloor.

BMW Self-Driving Car “Drifts” Around Bends original content from Ubergizmo.

Car keys are something we don’t really give much thought to, although we suppose if we had the car key pictured above, well you can be sure we’d never stop talking about it. Pictured above is a concept key fob belonging to the BMW i8, which for those unfamiliar, is a concept hybrid vehicle that was unveiled back in the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The car’s design, even from 4 years ago, remains futuristic looking even today, and we suppose its key fob is no different. While this is a concept, it is apparently an official concept which was shared by a BMW insider with the folks at Bimmerfile.

While most key fobs come with a few buttons to unlock/lock the car, pop the boot, or sound the alarm, this key fob does that and more. It is said to feature a high resolution LCD display that will be able to display a variety of relevant information to the owner. For example it will be able to tell what is the range left in the car before requiring a recharge, or how long left before the car is fully charged, and etc. The key fob will also feature a handful of buttons that can be customized according to the user’s needs, making it a lot more handy than your regular key fob, although we can only imagine how troublesome and expensive it would be to lose it.

This is currently a concept and BMW has yet to officially confirm its existence, but in the meantime what do you guys make of it?

BMW i8 Key Fob Concept Is Pretty Futuristic original content from Ubergizmo.