Heads-up technology puts data on car windshields at CES

Washington

ONE of the automotive world's newest, buzziest upgrades was once offered only for trained jet pilots: heads-up displays, projecting a buffet of colourful information on that once-sacred place of clarity, the car windshield.

Touted at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, the icon-rich displays have been installed by carmakers and tech start-ups as showcases for details on speed, directions, even cellphone notifications such as text messages and Facebook alerts.