Taking someone else's creative work and claiming it as your own isn't very ethical to say the least... not to mention the fact that they added features that make the software *less* desirable to the end user and make the original author look bad if someone confuses the "stolen" software with the original. This is no different than knock-off imitations of major name brand retail products... Everyone usually gets hurt here: the end user gets poor quality product, the knock-off company gets a bad name or gets sued by the real company, and the real company gets hurt by the brand confusion and their reputation may be damaged by the inferior imitation products.
I tore two old floppies apart and stacked the two magenetic films together... that allowed for easier viewing with better contrast and with less eye-strain. I put my digital camera up to it and got a couple of decent shots as well.
One idea that came to my mine is why not hack an access point and use it to control the car? After all:
1. Access points are getting cheaper every day.
2. Companies line DLink and others make very small AP's that could be used.
3. AP's contain an small embedded computer with a CPU, some FLASH memory and an 802.11b card (often the same PCMCIA card used in notebook PC's, just contained within the AP)
It would take some work, but I believe with some hacking you could build an add-on module with some support firmware to allow for external I/O.
I have a Addtron AP that I couldn't resist cracking open to look at. I noticed there was an AMD 80186 embedded CPU inside. I believe this is compatible with the 80x86 so you may be able to write code in C++ or Intel Assembly language to program the chip.
Just some ideas...
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Taking someone else's creative work and claiming it as your own isn't very ethical to say the least... not to mention the fact that they added features that make the software *less* desirable to the end user and make the original author look bad if someone confuses the "stolen" software with the original. This is no different than knock-off imitations of major name brand retail products... Everyone usually gets hurt here: the end user gets poor quality product, the knock-off company gets a bad name or gets sued by the real company, and the real company gets hurt by the brand confusion and their reputation may be damaged by the inferior imitation products.
I tore two old floppies apart and stacked the two magenetic films together... that allowed for easier viewing with better contrast and with less eye-strain. I put my digital camera up to it and got a couple of decent shots as well.
1. Access points are getting cheaper every day.
2. Companies line DLink and others make very small AP's that could be used.
3. AP's contain an small embedded computer with a CPU, some FLASH memory and an 802.11b card (often the same PCMCIA card used in notebook PC's, just contained within the AP)
It would take some work, but I believe with some hacking you could build an add-on module with some support firmware to allow for external I/O. I have a Addtron AP that I couldn't resist cracking open to look at. I noticed there was an AMD 80186 embedded CPU inside. I believe this is compatible with the 80x86 so you may be able to write code in C++ or Intel Assembly language to program the chip. Just some ideas...