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- centinall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32not to mention IM-ing
"hey ***** in the red Mazda, thanks for cutting me off!!!" - MHall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30Cars allready have a firewall.
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13you must be the greatest parent ever, my mom gave me a book....when I finished it she told me to read it again
- Naga10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Will this mean you could access the internet from your car, say if you're a passenger on a laptop?
- jeremy66158, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This is cool! Now we are talking about getting rid of traffic problems in real time.
- pktgumby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8If you car doesn't already have a firewall, you might want to take it back to the dealer...
- doomengine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6So, if I drive over the posted speed limit or roll thru a stop sign... will my car be required to inform the police?
- mauriceatkinson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7about time !! I have had my wifi enabled car for about 12 months and the kids just love to take their laptops and msn with their friends whilst we are on a long journey. certainly beats the inbuilt dvd player with the screens in the back of the seats which they havent watched for the past 2 years
- DJRizzo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Just wait for the Microsoft Vista Cruiser. When your car's computer locks up, the blue screen of death is no longer a figurative nick name. (In case of problem, press horn-cruise-defogger to reboot).
- signal15, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8I came up with an idea like this about 10 years ago and couldn't get anyone else on board to help me with it. In fact, I've had this happen a few times. I guess it's time to start patenting the ideas as I have them.
- adidos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I wonder if someone will setup and organize all of the wifi like http://www.fon.com/ has done for the open wireless homes.
- mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4WiMax is a more likely possibility for internet in your car.
- hiscity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Wow! Add a few things and this gets intense quick.
Battery powered WiFi...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=battery+powered+wifi
to increase the scope and keep the net going when the car is parked for lower power drain
Virtual WiFi...
http://research.microsoft.com/netres/projects/virtualwifi/
to access multiple networks to broaden bandwidth
Given enough traffic on interstate, or rush hour traffic, then a mesh could be extended between cities for county-wide or country-wide WiFi.
The biggest problem I can see is keeping existing commercial services off -- unless they contribute web connections.
Now if I could just get real time GPS in a watch.... - jeremy66158, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Fon should do this for cars. Well used streets offer great great potential for mesh networks.
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Yet another reason to start driving a classic car...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4...Why wasn't this in an AT&T 'You will' ad?
- agrahimi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2What sort of equipment/connection are you using to do this? I have Verizon 3G in my laptop but I had always figured that this type of connection would take a speed hit when being shared between multiple computers. Also, are there any routers you recommend for this type of setup?
- BadgerOU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2theoretically, yes. But you need internet gateways along the road to do it. There are companies (mostly in Japan) that are looking to implement this.
- amigiac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The biggest problem would be routing, with cars moving at independent speeds and possibly directions the route your data took 1 minute ago might not exist now.
A constantly changing routing table would add to network overheads and also lag as the nodes try to route data traffic to its destination.
This could only be used for car to car data transfer, internet access is far more simple via 3G phone networks. - molecool, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I can see it now: "Sorry I'm late for work - my car got hacked." Yeah, getting Microsoft to help build this would guarantee average city traffic coming to a screeching halt.
- prab, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now those networks need to communicate information between the cars to prevent crashes, then completely take over driving.
- DJRizzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Think about the implications! If you can figure out how to hack the automation and send a custom message to all the other cars telling them to avoid a certain route, you could then have that route to yourself! You could do malicious things like try to route all cars onto smaller streets by telling them that major routes are clogged. And if the cars are all broadcasting MAC addresses, think about how easy it would be to follow someone or have Big Brother tracking your movement.
- magical1492, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Anyone know what kind of wireless card I should install in my car?
- h0dg3s, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Marked as inaccurate for the dumb joke about the firewall. All cars have firewalls, that's where the term comes from.
- RicktheBrick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess all the pedestrians and wildlife would also have to have one to avoid hitting them. I would hope that it could greatly reduce the need for traffic lights and stop signs as maybe it could control the speed of all cars entering an intersection so that no one has to stop. Of course there is still the need for the pedestrians to cross. I guess by controlling the speeds of traffic they could leave a large enough interval for humans to cross the street.
- 1Superman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now wouldn't I get arrested for using someone Else's wireless network... oh wait a minute... I would be paying for a service that I would be a part of. But wait a minute what if that other guy doesn't like me and doesn't want me to use his wireless connection... oh well tough sh*t haha.
It just bugs me that we are trying to move forward with wireless and I can't use someones open unsecured wi-fi without the possibility of getting arrested for using it. I remember a time when radio waves were free and if you could get the signal and it wasn't encrypted and you weren't hacking it then it was fine, now they want to arrest you for a dumb ass that doesn't know how to secure his wireless network and leaves it open for all to use... go figure. - diggenerate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Don't cars already have firewalls......
- Lodovik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A far more impressive demonstration was the one done by Xerox at the PARC when they showed for the first time a GUI with a mouse...
- nbcivic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1install a firewall, but not norton, it'll slow your car down :D
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Cars have Firewalls, if your car doesn't, it already should have exploded and killed you by now...
- terasurfer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Sure this looks great on the surface, but it won't be long until it becomes yet another advertising medium.
- dwhitbeck, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0The car already has a firewall. Its between the engine and the passenger compartment.
- beers, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1w00t!! just what we needed.
- molecool, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4Now THAT'S funny :-)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0what about virus or malicius attacks attacking electronics of your car...taking control of your breaks or whatever...?
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