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Linux Based CarPC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-do dept.

Uber-Review writes "If you have been looking for a Linux based car PC. One man has made this a reality and documented putting together a Linux based car PC. Some of the features of this on board car PC is it can automatically sniff and record locations of wireless access points and plot them with GPS. You can watch a movie, browse the internet, get weather forecasts and stream Direct TV from your house right to your car. For an added bonus, you can remote start the car, and connect to it from inside the house and use SSH in, and transfer files without even getting off the couch."

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  1. I can't wait by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the first remote exploit that makes your car drive off the road.

  2. No way! by pmdata · · Score: 5, Funny

    I love it and I'm not sure why. I can barely drive, talk on my cell and check my Blackberry email without driving into the river. Now I have to try and not surf the web? Not a good idea.

  3. Divided Attention by Tiberius_Fel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whatever happened to focusing on the road when driving? I would be curious to know what statistics are like for collisions in vehicles with lots of advanced toys. If you're playing with the GPS / WiFi sniffer / $random_electronic_car_toy your attention is off the road, which is dangerous...

    It seems we're putting more and more neat features and displays into the vehicles, but how carefully are we considering how it affects the behaviour of the drivers?

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  4. Cool but by $0.02 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it run on Diesel?

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  5. DON'T CLICK THE LINK by meeotch · · Score: 5, Funny

    If his server crashes, he could be killed!