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Carputer Project
The Car PC Project
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What is a Carputer?
Basically, A Carputer (Car-PC or Karputer) is a computer for the car. It
sounds like a tech geek's wet dream, but it's actually more than that.
Cars with mobile video or navigation systems are becoming more common
lately, but anybody who has installed one of these systems knows that
they're extremely expensive and very limited in their capabilities. Thats
where a Carputer comes in. It costs about the same (sometimes less) than a
navigation/multimedia system, but there's no limits to what it can do.
Some of the options include:
GPS/Navigation
Music (Radio, MP3, CD, etc..)
Movies (Mpeg Video, DVDs, VCDs, etc..)
Video Games
Internet Access
Business Applications
There's really no limits to what you can do with a carputer.
Conception of the Jaypoc Carputer
I came up with the concept while driving around with the Laptop on my
passenger seat. Running Delorme Street Atlas 2005, I was able to use the
computer to figure out how to get to the Hosting center for this website
in New Jersey, and to my friend's new house in Pennsylvania, however it
was a royal pain in the ass when I had to make any changes on the PC.
Especially volume (which is a 2-handed operation on this laptop. The other
option, look away from the road to try to find the Volume icon. Both bad
plans when you're on the road).
I figured it would be easier to be able to access the PC from my seat and
not have to look down to adjust anything. Integration into my car was
necessary.
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