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Dropbox wasn’t a new idea either. rsync had existed for many years.
by borski 3y ago
Dropbox wasn’t a new idea either. rsync had existed for many years.
- brk 3y agoBut Dropbox made rsync more user friendly and available to people who weren't techies. The concept of a starter interrupter has been around almost as long as the automobile itself. Ways to engage and disengage that interrupter have evolved and advanced over the years. Older folks will remember cars with a keyswitch on the front fender, and then a keypad inside, and then hidden switches like I described in my OP, and then IR and RF remotes, and so forth. The basic concept in the linked article is not very novel, IMO. The specific implementation is cute, and somewhat current in the sense of evolution of these systems. But the whole thing is as noteworthy as the next arm64 advancement.
- positron6000 3y ago"i'm not a 'car guy' - where can i get a simple interface for a killswitch that only needs to be installed once and can be controlled from an app?" ^ this is where the value is, which is what the $1.2m is intended to explore.
- dghlsakjg 3y ago30 seconds on aliexpress found me this: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPSrPR0 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPSrPR0 No Bluetooth, but it does have a dedicated RF remote. Edit: figured out the keywords I needed for the exact product you want “bluetooth immobilizer” https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNgigFk https://a.aliexpress.com/_mNgigFk
- K0balt 3y agoI can get you like, 10,000 AliExpress links for 1.2 mil, but the paper would probably suck.
- andirk 3y agoI love rsync. Used it to batch some few million image files for Sephora makeup company to a couple different servers.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoSo does this “project”. There are dozens of already existing products that are designed to do exactly this for pretty cheap. https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPSrPR0 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mPSrPR0