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If it really works like they say and can be added to any car, that's pretty huge. I'd definitely buy one. I wonder what it takes to install it ...

by joesmo 10y ago

ilaksh 10y ago
They mentioned the car has to have built in radar already.
- gravypod 10y ago
  What car has built in radar? I'd love to get one and have it repeatedly send out radar pulses so cops think I'm going 200MPH.
  - Chronic9q 10y ago
    Nearly every car maker offers it as a $2,000 to $5,000 technology/driver assistance package.
    - gravypod 10y ago
      Cool, now I can drive safely and probably mess with radar systems.
- trevyn 10y ago
  My understanding is that this will only work with late-model Honda/Acura with LKAS & ACC packages, they hack into these systems for control. http://automobiles.honda.com/sensing/ http://automobiles.honda.com/sensing/
  - ilaksh 10y ago
    OK so reading that, those new cars actually have most if not all of the self driving autopilot type features built in, very similar to Tesla (but not anywhere near Googles level). So I am guessing this device mainly just engages those built-in systems a little more frequently than they were designed? I mean what does the product actually do, or is it just basically Honda didn't want to market it as self driving yet but this guy decided he would?
    - rurban 10y ago
      > similar to Tesla (but not anywhere near Googles level). With that comment you probably mean the inherent difference of the Tesla/Hotz/German style of live online interpretation of the world, compared to the inferior Google style offline collected Google maps, where the SW matches the view with the offline world. Because in the Google world you cannot drive a street which is not in the system. The Google system is not advanced enough to interpret changed speed signs, changed roads, temporary road contruction, ...

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If it really works like they say and can be added to any car, that's pretty huge. I'd definitely buy one. I wonder what it takes to install it ...

by joesmo 10y ago

If it really works like they say and can be added to any car, that's pretty huge. I'd definitely buy one. I wonder what it takes to install it ...

ilaksh 10y ago
They mentioned the car has to have built in radar already.
- gravypod 10y ago
  What car has built in radar? I'd love to get one and have it repeatedly send out radar pulses so cops think I'm going 200MPH.
  - Chronic9q 10y ago
    Nearly every car maker offers it as a $2,000 to $5,000 technology/driver assistance package.
    - gravypod 10y ago
      Cool, now I can drive safely and probably mess with radar systems.
- trevyn 10y ago
  My understanding is that this will only work with late-model Honda/Acura with LKAS & ACC packages, they hack into these systems for control. http://automobiles.honda.com/sensing/ http://automobiles.honda.com/sensing/
  - ilaksh 10y ago
    OK so reading that, those new cars actually have most if not all of the self driving autopilot type features built in, very similar to Tesla (but not anywhere near Googles level). So I am guessing this device mainly just engages those built-in systems a little more frequently than they were designed? I mean what does the product actually do, or is it just basically Honda didn't want to market it as self driving yet but this guy decided he would?
    - rurban 10y ago
      > similar to Tesla (but not anywhere near Googles level). With that comment you probably mean the inherent difference of the Tesla/Hotz/German style of live online interpretation of the world, compared to the inferior Google style offline collected Google maps, where the SW matches the view with the offline world. Because in the Google world you cannot drive a street which is not in the system. The Google system is not advanced enough to interpret changed speed signs, changed roads, temporary road contruction, ...