Car PC

Hacks 6268: Introduction It's a fun and promising time for wireless Internet access. 802. Wireless Networking, or WiFi, is growing at an explosive rate, and metropolitan-area networks are being deployed with new technologies such as WiMax, a propose...

In the old days, there were only a few ways to get online wirelessly, each of them slow and expensive. Recently, that has all changed. This hack will help you understand your options and choose your wireless connectivity solution. In the era of ana...

Bluetooth is a low-range, low-speed, and low-power radio frequency transmission protocol designed for attaching peripherals to computers. You can think of it as a sort of wireless alternative to USB, just like WiFi is a wireless alternative to Ethern...

One of the things you should know before you get an in-car computer is that you are going to have to feed it. Car computers are multimediaivorous, subsisting primarily on digital audio, video, and GPS coordinates for roughage. Seriously, though, you...

S. city. Even with all the nifty PC enhancements that you can put in your car, you probably still don't want to sit in traffic on a hot summer day sweating and wasting your time, gas, and money. There are several ways to interface with traffic data ...

I think it was 1998 when I first started trying to set up a webcam in my car. I have a Nash Ambassador, and in addition to putting a screen in the center console, I hooked up an X10 camera facing the driver, with the eventual goal of letting people k...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) provides fairly accurate (to within a few meters) location coordinates for anyone who has a GPS receiver. GPS receivers come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from standalone units with LCD screens showing your loc...

Early last spring I sold my business, moved into an RV, and took off traveling. I have been on the road for six months now, cruising from the east coast of the U.S. to Alaska. During this time I've managed to access the Internet nearly as often as I ...