This video from Bloodhound SSC explains how they design and build an 1000mph office: BLOODHOUND Driver Andy Green takes you on a tour of the cockpit. The state-of-the-art carbon fibre monocoque has been tailored to the needs of driver Andy Green and will be his supersonic office during record attempts in the South African desert […]
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Bus pirate used to hack into a car
Nilsson writes to inform us that he spotted a Bus Pirate in a video from Vice News, “How to hack a car: Phreaked Out (episode 2)” From his laptop, he was able to manipulate the car’s engine, brakes and security systems by wirelessly tapping into the Controller Area Network, or CAN bus, network. Without getting too deep into […]
Autonomous car build
Jason Dorweiler blogged about his autonomous car build: For the localization of the car I’ll be using a GPS sensor and accelerometer. First, the GPS will find the starting coordinates of the car. Then the car will start moving, somewhat blindly at first. Once the car is moving, data from the accelerometer and elapsed time […]