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Engadget: Back in February, General Motors debuted its MyLink smartphone integration for the Chevy Volt and Equinox on the Engadget Show, letting drivers control their iOS, Android, and BlackBerry smartphone apps via voice or touchscreen. The company announced today that it will be offering the same technology — albeit rebranded as the tongue-twisting IntelliLink — on several 2012 Buick and GMC models, including the Buick LaCrosse, Regal, Verano, and the GMC Terrain. IntelliLink offers up a fairly similar feature set as its Chevy counterpart — connecting to iPhones and Android handsets via Bluetooth or USB, and leveraging Nuance voice recognition and Gracenote databases to control the likes of Pandora and Stitcher Radio. Autoblog reports that IntelliLink will hit the Buick Verano first, followed by the LaCrosse and Regal, though you might be more interested in the Terrain — owners will also be able to control their vehicle’s rear-view camera with IntelliLink, and who doesn’t like manipulating megapixels in the name of pedestrian safety?

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CNet: General Motors and several US universities are working on a next-gen head-up display that could soon bring augmented reality to a car windscreen near you.

Unlike traditional head-up displays (HUDs), which only project data onto a small portion of the windscreen, the Enhanced Vision System uses the entire surface of the windscreen as a canvas. Cameras, radar sensors and night-vision imaging systems scan the road ahead, while a laser beams images onto a phosphor-coated windscreen that can emit visible light.

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