Malcolm,
Stop it....The technophile in me is getting a tad to excited at the
prospect of having all of those toys embedded in my beast. Actually, all of
those goodies are pretty close to what Mercedes unveiled in their Internet
Ready car a couple of years ago.
- Mark
At 10:18 PM 29/07/1999 -0700, Malcolm Walker wrote:
>With a bit of wizardry and some sensors, (and some money), you could rig
>up a little MP3 player in the car. Then you could have it play back
>whatever you liked. Have it shout "Chocks away!!" when you shift into
>first. Play the 1812 Overture when you hit redline. Say "whew!" when you
>come to a full stop. Belch when you fill up with gas. The possibilities
>are endless!
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>And for the hopelessly decadent, a little machine running Linux concealed
>somewhere in your car. Record engine statistics! Have voice
>prompting! Play CDs! Run a web server! Install a radio modem, check
>your email from *anywhere*! Get a static IP and have an email address *in
>your car*!!
>
>On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Gano, Ken wrote:
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>> In about 1985 or '86 I had a small pickup truck with an after market "voice
>> computer." As I recall it was made by Sun Instruments. (The same folks
who
>> use to make tachometers.) It had about a dozen sensors and would announce
>> such things as the time of the day, speed, oil pressure low, water temp
high
>> and the like. I seem to recall it also had air temperature alarms. It was
>> a pretty (read sexy) female voice.
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