Here it is: Minority Report on your Dash!!!!

So we think smartphones, GPSs, XMSatellite radio and the Grande Mocha Latte that must be held in our right hand are the major distractions of driving.......think again, here comes Tesla’s dream screen, the minority report like future screen on your dashboard. It may be limited to Tesla now but it is only a matter of time that it will be on all cars by some variation soon (as in warp speed)!  What happened to the concept of driver safety and limiting the level of distractions?  Well Telsa trying to be proactive in its approach – a great ‘spin’ answer for the safety police.......according to the article,” they may also wonder about its safety implications. (I know that I'd be tempted to let my eyes wander from the road ahead onto that eye-popping display.) Tesla says that the system is still a work in progress, and that the company is still figuring out what you will and won't be able to do while the car is in motion. It's also thinking about auto-dimming the display so it's not too much of a distraction as you're zooming down the highway.”

Overall, I have a feeling that technology will win over safety in this case (under the guise that everyone will really need a 17 inch GPS screen).

                                            

Article Snapshot:

Article: Tesla's dream screen: The car dashboard of the future

by Harry McCracken November 10, 2011

Garden-variety automobiles are still full of gauges and buttons and switches of the decidedly physical, old-fashioned sort. And then there's Tesla’s Model S. Due in showrooms next summer, the $57,400 sedan is the spiritual offpsring of the company's $108,000 Roadster sports car, in a more practical package. But when I checked it out today at GigaOM’s Roadmap conference in San Francisco, I wasn't wondering what it would be like to drive. I was too busy gawking at its 17-inch touch screen--a spectacular standard feature which, along with a smaller LCD display in front of the driver, replaces nearly all of the traditional controls and indicators short of basics such as the steering wheel and turn signals.

Tesla's screen resembles a large iPad or Android tablet--it's hard to overstate how overwhelmingly ginormous it looks--and sits in between the driver and front passenger. It has a music player, a navigation system, hand-free calling, a rear-view camera, climate controls, and other features which you might expect. It also lets you check up on the status of your car's battery, and--as you can see in the photo above--it sports a full-blown Web browser. And Tesla says that it will allow third-party apps, too.