Re: Automation from the road...

[Marc_F_Hult <MFHult@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13 Jan 2007 05:47:58 -0800, sousa_jon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote in message
<1168696078.831399.198350@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

>This guy has some fun ideas. He built internet access into his car.
>Sounds like he wants to hook into a home automation setup from his
>Jeep. More specifically I think he wants control over his crock pot...
>
>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007824


His setup looks to be the sort of cobbled together HA stuff that doesn't work
reliably even when stationary.

Ford has announced a partnership with Microsoft to create a system called
Sync:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6147857.html

http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=25168&make_%20id=trust

This could evolve into a standardized PC environment for cars and(or), as
others have pointed out, an upsurge in wrecker sales.

... Marc
Marc_F_Hult
www.ECOntrol.org