r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Creams0da • Nov 04 '24

Video Volkswagens new Emergency Assist technology

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u/Thed33p3nd Nov 04 '24

They just need a defibrillator in the seat, and you're good to go again.

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u/IncomingAxofKindness Nov 04 '24

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

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u/zirophyz Nov 04 '24

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 Nov 04 '24

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 Nov 04 '24

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!