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Amazing Audi CarPC Case Mod - Community Innovation

smhughes@earthlink.net — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:58:51 +0100

Forum member coucouillu Has something rather outrageous in
the works. He has modified his existing Symphony II radio from his 2006 Audi A3
to incorporate a motorized touchscreen. But this project goes way beyond that:

Coucouillu began his mission with some simple Cad drawings
to determine if this project was even feasible. Understanding his space
limitations he began to modify his hardware to suit his needs. He turned the atx conn [...]

Fusion Brain Version 4

rwray@innovateusa.com — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Designed with the supprot and feedback of our community, the fusion brain guys have done it again � At midnight EST today they released version 4 of their fusion brain control center. �

Improvements over Brain v3:

16 Digital Outputs
13 [...]

Miroamer makes first Internet Car radio? We think not.

rwray@innovateusa.com — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We think not. Our users have been doing internet radio in their cars for years (at least 2005) . We will most likely stop by their booth to �hear� how this compares to competing solutions like Panodora.

It is hard to beat [...]

Now where do we put the airbag?

rwray@innovateusa.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Now what would really be cool is to have an accelerometer or some other
sensor built into the steering wheel so the image always rotated and
was rendered based on the steering wheel position.�� I bet there is a
patent there.� :) � That woudl sell some dual core CPUS. � Talk about it here.

mp3Car.com - 2008 SEMA Wrap up

rwray@innovateusa.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Goce and Rob talk about the highs & lows of mobile computing technology at SEMA 2008.� Talk about this on our forums here

[video:http://vimeo.com/2277307]

Magden Linux OBDII & Gauge, Performance Software

rwray@innovateusa.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:00 +0100

Magden has a current business model of selling an x86 PC with their linux gauge software. I can see how this would be great for people who don't want to integrate their own apps and want the power of a computer in their car with less setup hassle. We strongly encouraged the magden team to consider the sale of their software and hardware to the community, even if they release it with little or no support.� Talk about this on our forums.

[video:http://vi [...]

Palmer Performance - Dash Command - A video demo of their software and demo car.

rwray@innovateusa.com — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Palmer Performance - Dash Command - A video demo of their car computing software and demo car.
Talk about this on our forums.

[video:http://vimeo.com/2266621]

What is Las Vegas's SEMA show like in 60 seconds?

rwray@innovateusa.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:00:00 +0100

A picture (or video) is worth a thousand words...and it's only 60 seconds. What is SEMA like?
Talk about this video on our forums.

[video:http://www.vimeo.com/2261154]

Mp3car gets an OLED display briefing and demo.

rwray@innovateusa.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Some people call OLED the next best thing in display technology. Manufacturers report very high levels of contrast and lots of sunlight readability.� What do you think? Is OLED the next home run in mobile car computing and telematics display technology?�� Talk about this on our forums here.

[video:http://vimeo.com/2228292]

AT&T Cruisecast Drive Test Video

rwray@innovateusa.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We go for a drive as the Cruisecast team shows us the guts of their prototype device and an example of their buffering technology.�� Talk about this on our forums:

[video:http://vimeo.com/2227736]

Who built the first car comptuer? Ghostbusters?

rwray@innovateusa.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

We thought the forum members of mp3car made the first car computer in the late 90s. Wrong. Done by the ghostbuster guys first in 1984. See our video for 20 seconds of ghost busting fun.

Who made the first car computer? If you made the first car computer, tell us about it. Help us document history.

Talk about this post on our forums.

[video:http://vimeo.com/2232739]

Video Interview - Raysat / AT&T CruiseCast CEO and Chairman

rwray@innovateusa.com — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The CEO of Raysat/Cruisecast� (AT&T partnership) gave us a 20 minute technical explanation on the satellite, antennas, transponders, compression and how they have made CruiseCast� �cruise� .� A product overview can be found with the interview of Cruiscast�s President .�� There are more technical details in our CruiseCast drive test video.

Talk about this on our forums here.

[video:http://vimeo.com/2219081]

Rescue Tape

rwray@innovateusa.com — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Even thought this isn�t super techie, we decided to take a few minutes to check out rescue tape since they won an award this year.�

Where was wardrobe in this scene?� My collar is sticking up and my shirt is wrinkled.� Expect a blast of videos over the next 2 days.� I slowed down editing a bit to attend a three day

wedding over the weekend.

What do you think?� Is it better to use removable pieces of tech flex for wire management?� Tal [...]

The Tech in Jay Leno's Jet car, Mobile car comptuers, Bio Diesel B100

rwray@innovateusa.com — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:00:00 +0100

Thank you Steven for lowering the ropes and opening Jay's car at SEMA.� I think the title says it all.� See our forums for community reactions.

[video:http://vimeo.com/2189536]

Interview with Azentek - navigation mirror and their car computers

rwray@innovateusa.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:30:00 +0100

At Azentek's SEMA booth, we interviewed Donnie to hear a little bit about their new navigation smart mirror product.� Windows Mobile devices really don�t fall in mp3car�s sweet spot, but this is an interesting form factor for a PND.�� Without giving it a full run through or a drive test, this mirror seems like it would be perfect for users who wants something that works out of the box.

So What is happening with their car computing efforts?� Azentek is no longer bringing their original [...]

AT&T & RaySat kick off satellite service �CruisecCast� for the car. ...

rwray@innovateusa.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:20:00 +0100

AT&T & RaySat kick off satellite service �CruisecCast� for the car.� Mp3car interviews RaySat�s President, Winston Guillory in HD.

In a three-part HD video interview, mp3Car interviews AT&T�s and Raysat�s �CruiseCast� executive team today.

We are going to kick this off this three-part interview with President, Winston Guillory.� Later this week we will post the rest of the interviews with their Chairman & CEO as well as a drive test through t [...]

Interview with Brian Palmer - Iphone engine performance

rwray@innovateusa.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Mp3car typically focuses on mobile computing applications. The reason why this fits on our blog is that Brian from Palmer Performance has ported his car PC OBD and performance application to the iphone. This is a two part interview. The first part is going to be a tour of his new iphone application. We will follow this up later in the week with a tour of his carpc installation and the features of his car computer software. Brian has made some interesting hooks in his windows applicat [...]

Goce interviews Tony from Bluestar Technology

rwray@innovateusa.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Chinese manufacturer Bluestar has been making double din all in one units for a few years now. Online carPC retailers digitalww and hipepc have stocked blue star's products in the past but those retailers have now closed up shop.

We expect to test samples within the next few months to see if this something mp3Car will offer in the store. So far so good!

Talk about this on our forums here

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The making of the Apple ,mac'ed out, Hyundai Genesis

rwray@innovateusa.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:30:00 +0100

mp3car interviews Steven from Lux designs, the creator and fabricator behind the Hyundai genesis Mac car computer setup.� Talk about this on our forums

[video:http://vimeo.com/2166853]

mp3Car.com interviews Hyundai product planner, Michael Dietz

rwray@innovateusa.com — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Michael, product planner at Hyundai gives some specs on the
New Hyundai genesis. He talks about Apple in the car, the future of car computing and connector services as well as the tour they
have planned with Rides Magazine in NY city.� Talk about this on our forums

[video:http://vimeo.com/2166245]