Incredible Article on Mac Automobile Install in Europe
I found this on Slashdot.
http://www.mujmac.cz/art/hw/tatra_mac_eng.html
It is the most amazing article about integrating Mac hardware/software into automobiles that I've ever seen. Macworld's editors have already contacted the guy about a feature article.
Here's the lowdown:
This guy in the Czech Republic bascially installed a modified G4 in his car, complete with 2 LCD's, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB audio out, text-to-speech, and most impressively a telemetry system that syncs with his engine, fuel injection, speedometer, etc. He also has a GPS navigation system that syncs with Route66 2004, providing real time maps and directions. All this is controlled using dashboard buttons and custom coded Cocoa software. It is all self-powered by the car's electrical system.
This car makes Steve's Macworld "Digital Hub" speech look small time. He's taken the Digital Hub to a whole new level.
Well worth the read.
http://www.mujmac.cz/art/hw/tatra_mac_eng.html
It is the most amazing article about integrating Mac hardware/software into automobiles that I've ever seen. Macworld's editors have already contacted the guy about a feature article.
Here's the lowdown:
This guy in the Czech Republic bascially installed a modified G4 in his car, complete with 2 LCD's, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB audio out, text-to-speech, and most impressively a telemetry system that syncs with his engine, fuel injection, speedometer, etc. He also has a GPS navigation system that syncs with Route66 2004, providing real time maps and directions. All this is controlled using dashboard buttons and custom coded Cocoa software. It is all self-powered by the car's electrical system.
This car makes Steve's Macworld "Digital Hub" speech look small time. He's taken the Digital Hub to a whole new level.
Well worth the read.
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Using a G4 as a car computer system