Tokyo taxi bots to nag you about forgetting your umbrella

[Taro Toporific]

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Forgot Something? Tokyo Cabs Want to Make Sure You Don’t
Wall Street Journal blog | September 4, 2013
...Tokyo-based taxi Kokusai Motorcars Co. plans to equip its vehicles with a camera system that automatically detects when items are left behind...{with} four small cameras -- two under the front seats, one on the ceiling, and one in the trunk -- to record images of the back seat before and after a passenger enters the taxi. If a passenger leaves the car forgetting an item that wasn’t there before getting in, the system sounds an alarm...more...

[Coligny]

Two under the front seat...

Also known as upskirt cams...

[Russell]

Should be fun with passengers who leave diarrhea stains...

[Coligny]

It wasn't my fault... It was an accident...

[matsuki]

I dunno, while the drivers may be mostly incontinent dinosaurs, they seem to be catching more crime with their in-car cameras than the police with....oh wait