Starting car with fingerprint?

david69leonard · 02-26-2007, 10:00 AM

Just wondering, has anyone here thought about the possibility of using a fingerprint reader and your carpc to start your car? Ive been toying with the idea and am looking for some ideas on how to accomplish this...

alti · 02-26-2007, 10:07 AM

ya, there was at least one thread on it a while back

alti · 02-26-2007, 10:10 AM

here is a thread to get you started....

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/general-mp3car-discussion/17564-replacing-key-ignition.html

DarquePervert · 02-26-2007, 10:12 AM

In order to accomplish this via a PC, you'd need the PC to be on all the time.

david69leonard · 02-26-2007, 10:16 AM

I think it could be possible if i used a serially controlled relay board to hook to my ignition, maybe the kind that people are using for their HVAC controls, and a fingerprint reader, most of the fingerprint readers that ive seen are just used for user id and password authentication... Now if there was a way to set up some kind of user id and password configeration to activate the relay board i think i could be in business... I dont know im not an expert at that kind of stuff but it would be neat to try...

david69leonard · 02-26-2007, 10:20 AM

i do have a remote starter, could that be of any use?

I think i will move my questions over to that other thread since its already there and it has alot of answers,

preciate it guys!!!

pate60 · 02-26-2007, 01:46 PM

you'd need a stand-alone reader, such that it would store the reference points of a finger print on the unit itself, and then maybe output to a pic or something to control a relay or relay(s) and control timing etc.

very expensive and i wouldn't trust or want to wait til a PC booted to start my car up!

however i have seen somewhere on the net of a company who has something like this for sale.

google is your friend!

lxt_123 · 02-26-2007, 03:53 PM

More info about different systems at the bottom of the story:
http://www.assaabloyfuturelab.com/Fu...ls____266.aspx

h3rk · 02-26-2007, 11:57 PM

For some, it may be easier to pull your fingerprint off of something, do the super-glue trick, add some powder and make a copy of your fingerprint (like they just did on mythbusters) and hack your security system that way - Rather than hack a security code.

pate60 · 02-27-2007, 06:23 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by h3rk

For some, it may be easier to pull your fingerprint off of something, do the super-glue trick, add some powder and make a copy of your fingerprint (like they just did on mythbusters) and hack your security system that way - Rather than hack a security code.

proper biometric systems, map the blood vessels underneath the skin and use these as the reference points, try cloning that!

david69leonard · 02-27-2007, 10:35 AM

LMAO!!! Good Stuff!!! Other than the fact someone could beat my A$$, chop off my finger and make away with my car, i think it would be a cool idea... Ive always wanted to have some James Bond type ***** in my ride... as if having a PC in my car wasnt cool enough... maybe i should dump the fingerprint idea and install some missles in my grill

kevinlekiller · 02-27-2007, 11:31 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by david69leonard

Just wondering, has anyone here thought about the possibility of using a fingerprint reader and your carpc to start your car? Ive been toying with the idea and am looking for some ideas on how to accomplish this...

You can hack those ones in the doors like they used in the mythbusters, but as they determined its crap. They took a fingerprint off a CD case and reproduced it on a piece of paper by using a scanner I think , and it opened the door. Maybe some of them are better , they maybe just bought the cheapest one.

pate60 · 02-28-2007, 05:08 AM

oh forgot to mention the blood vessels have to be 'alive'

skiman · 02-28-2007, 06:37 AM

WOW thats one badd *** idea you have there. If you end up figuring out how to set it up i might have to add it to my list of things i must add to my car.

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