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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by fruzzetti, Oct 17, 2008.

  1. fruzzetti

    fruzzetti Customization-Obsessed

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    I haven't tried doing this yet, but the car seems like a perfect candidate for a hybrid remote control / human control car. you've seen plenty of stuff online where a guy replaces the driver with a bunch of equipment, rendering the driver's seat uninhabitable...

    i want to start by tapping into the cruise control function with my new carpc v2. since it has 24 simple I/O channels available i'm sure i can use a few of those for the buttons... perhaps using that and my front camera i can write some software for distance-maintaining cruise control.... what do you guys think?

    :p

    ~ dan ~

    PS the 150 degree camera lens in the front was a total bust, but the 120 degree camera was perfect. 90 degrees might be passable, but is somewhat limiting.
     
    #1 fruzzetti, Oct 17, 2008
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    Hi Dan,

    There is a pilot free Prius out there.....

    It's a project form a guy in 'frisco. I think that it's a bit more then your looking at (he used lasers, gps, camera's and the works all mounted on the roof - bet it hit his MPG)

    I can't remember where I saw it, whether it was on the associated press or BBC websites.

    Good luck with the project.
     
    #2 Prius_SGP, Oct 17, 2008
  3. fruzzetti

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    Thanks for the info; though I must say it's more an idea than a project. I would just like to go further than a simple "I can turn my car on or off" thing and since I have the computing power and a camera installed in the front of the vehicle I figure it's gotta be possible to at least create distance-maintaining cruise at the very least; the full car control would just be a fun endeavor if I were still made of time (every summer I get some free time, but for now it's just work work work). Tell me you wouldn't have fun driving from the back seat with a remote control, or from the passenger seat of a car behind the prius. Imagine someone pulling up next to a car that just had... NO PEOPLE IN IT...

    haahahahahahahaha I want to take video of THAT.

    ~ dan ~
     
    #3 fruzzetti, Oct 18, 2008
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