I’m happy to report that I’ve had an article published in Popular Science on installing a car PC, in the How 2.0 section!
If you like cars and new technology, I strongly recommend you read the current issue (May 2007), and not just because of my article
With a readership of 7 million, I think we’ll [...]
It’s taken me a while to get my workflow going, but I’m proud to be launching my weekly Emerging Media podcast. You’ll notice a new tab above (dps Podcast); you can click the link to add it to your iTunes or other podcast-downloader or just listen to it there.
For now I’ve put up an interview [...]
Those who know me well know that my interest in hacking cars goes far earlier than CarBot / MP3Car /StreetDeck and now, The Walt Disney Company.
I’ve been tinkering with my beautiful Nash Ambassador for about a decade, and in that time it’s had an engine upgrade, conversion from 6V to 12V system, added power [...]
When I first read this post, I thought it was going to be a lojack for stolen dogs.
Nope, it’s a system for tracking your “fleet” of dogs while hunting.
It can even tell you if your dog is “on point” , sitting, running, or “treeing” (standing up against the tree).
Garmin has an entire interactive, video/flash [...]
Creating New Map Overlays in StreetDeck
StreetDeck, the in-car computer navigation/infotainement software, uses the MapPoint engine for its built-in maps, and then can overlay the Microsoft Live Virtual Earth maps on top of those images. VE supplies several overlays – street images, satellite images, hybrid street name + satellite images. Using the “show extended virtual earth [...]
Even though we can all “rip” our own personally purchased CDs legally and put them on our digital media players for personal use, this has not not necessarily been the case for DVDs.
A high end “DVD Jukebox” product, Kaleidescape, has existed in the market since 2002, and has been in contest with the DVD [...]
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