This batch of RJS Friday Fun Links focuses on some cool technology on the horizon … and perhaps the worst singer since William Hung.

General Motors is researching a cool project they call “Windows of Opportunity.”  The basic idea is that backseat passengers often get bored, so why not provide them with interactive entertainment via car windows. Receiving help from students at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel, four applications have been created thus far:

Otto, an animated character projected over passing scenery that responds to real-time car performance, weather and landscape. With Otto, passengers can learn about their environment in fun, playful ways.

Foofu, an app that allows passengers to create, explore and discover through finger drawing on window steam.

Spindow, an app that provides its users a peek into other users’ windows around the globe in real time.

Pond, an app that allows passengers to stream and share music with other cars on the road, downloads favorite tracks, and share messages with other passengers on the road.

Perhaps someday in the future, this technology will become reality!

Speaking of cars, Nissan is bringing its Scratch Shield paint to the smartphone market. The Nissan Scratch Shield iPhone case has the ability to self-heal nicks and cuts utilizing a pretty cool invention. According to ITworld: “The magic behind the self-healing case is the polyrotaxane-based paint. The polyrotaxane in the paint can react to a change (in this case damage from being cut), and repair its chemical structure to its original state.”

If you’re a guy and sweet technological enhancements to cars and phones aren’t your thing, perhaps you’ll enjoy Sega’s new video game. Installed in bars and restaurants in Japan, this urinal-based video game is surely something you won’t want to miss.

Finally, the new viral video making the rounds this week illustrates the talents of the “Worst Church Singer Ever.” Perhaps what makes this ear-splitting noise especially humorous, is the singer clearly believes he pretty good and relatively famous.

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A proud graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, Josh is the Editor-in-Chief of this blog and regularly contributes Friday Fun Links, RJS news and interesting technology notes. Prior to joining RJS, Josh worked at the Ronald McDonald House in Minneapolis. Outside of work, Josh enjoys the outdoors, fantasy football, classic movies, baseball and wine.