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Tune Your Car with a Gameboy Advance

Posted by Zonk on from the first-you-have-to-know-how-to-tune-your-car dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A company named Turboxs has created an interface for the Gameboy Advance that plugs into your car. It appears to allow for tuning as well as data logging. The Turboxs Dtec lets you use your Gameboy as a Boost Gauge, Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge, Air Temperature Gauge and Tachometer. Future plug-n-play sensors will allow everything from Knock Indication to Vehicle Acceleration. Previously this was only available via a laptop or pda, but bringing this to the gameboy may open up performance tuning to the masses without the expensive peripheral hardware."

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  1. Oh, Come on! by Rev+Wally · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a Geo Metro, my car's already a toy!

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    1. Re:Oh, Come on! by Rethcir · · Score: 2, Funny
      "Faster, Neddy, he's gaining on us!!!" -Maude Flanders

      "I can't! It's a GEO!!!" -Ned Flanders

  2. Oh Great by TheOnlyJuztyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now what if those little kids sitting in the back with their gameboys aren't as innocent as they seem...? Coming to a stop at a red ligh--TURBO INJECTOR TO FULL!!!

  3. This Is Crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actual information from actual people who aren't dumb.
    http://www.team-integra.net/forum/display_topic_th reads.asp?ForumID=10&TopicID=103301&SearchPagePosi tion=1&search=%22gameboy%22&searchMode=allwords&se archIn=Topic&forum=0&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPag e=Search

  4. Gameboy Advanced Replaces Slashdot Editors by Beatbyte · · Score: 4, Informative

    Original Story

    Now all we have to do is wait until October 2004 for it to ship! errr....

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  5. and that's.. by Goeland86 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    forbidden under California law. You're not allowed to keep a powered screen other than for navigational aid ahead of the driver's seat headrest, unless you're driving a cab or an emergency response vehicle. So unless you can add GPS as well as other statistics coming on it, CA won't let you use it.

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    1. Re:and that's.. by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 3, Interesting

      What about a speedometer? I used to have a digital speedometer in my car, and because I had that, I couldn't drive it in California? I think when a law is unjust, it's your duty to break that law. ;-)

  6. Racing your own car by _iris · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's now almost obligatory for someone to make a racing game for the GBA in which you drive your own car and/or race a in-game car against someone driving your real life car.

    1. Re:Racing your own car by 00null00 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey, I've played that game! The graphics are AWESOME but the cars don't respawn.

  7. iCard by vasqzr · · Score: 2, Informative


    There's also an iCard reciever for Gameboys that lets you tap into a live feed of information while you're at a track that supports it.

    http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisp lay?prrfnbr=208068&prmenbr=361