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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2013
By connecting cars and trucks to wireless networks, and giving unheard-of access to vehicle data, entirely new application categories and hardware modules can be explored—safety, energy efficiency, sharing, health; the list goes on. Connectivity is an increasingly important part of the total user experience while driving.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 8, 2013
The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). —Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. It was called the ThumbDrive. MB of data.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
FEBRUARY 9, 2008
Here goes (in no particular order): Things That Went Well During the Conversion The 914 AC kit from Electro Automotive is a good one. I modified the wiring in the original 914 AC kit (as suggested by Paul Jorg) to turn on the regen when the brake lights came on instead of controlling regen by releasing the accelerator pedal.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
I recently sent off an e-mail to Azure Dynamics, the maker of the DMOC445 AC motor controller in the 914 kit. Beth Silverman, the support person, has been very quick to respond with whatever information she can provide from the controller designers. If so, do you sell a device that I can connect to them? Is this true?
Clean Fleet Report
MARCH 17, 2024
Car Wi-Fi also connects to your personal devices, meaning your passengers can stream their favorite movies, read e-books and play all the games they want while on the road. This level of connectivity can be a real boon if you’re a parent and have had your fill of “I-spy.”
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Thus, some of the fascination of retrocomputing lies in its detective element, with systems reverse engineered with modern tools, sometimes down to the silicon level, and old design documents unearthed from retiree's attics. Check out our full write up —and personally I thought it was worth it just to play Spacewar!
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