by theRobotGeek
28. October 2009 10:01
My entry for the Code7Contest was putting Windows 7 in my truck. I own a 09 Toyota Tundra. I put a laptop mount in the truck and attached my HP Touchsmart tx2 tablet. I use it as a platform to capture sensors and location information as I'm driving. In addition to sensors and video attached to the laptop, I also access the OBD II port on my vehicle to capture the data that my truck computers/sensors are generating. Other features of the app was to read documents using TTS to me as I'm driving and synchronize with my HomeGroup. I also used voice recognition to have the app quiz me. Biggest issue there was getting accurate recognition in a noisy vehicle with a desktop mic. I will be looking at ways to improve that.
The contest rules required me to create a video that was no longer than 3 minutes and/or 10MB file size so I'm not able to show all the functionality. They don't provide a direct link to the video I uploaded to their site so I've uploaded the video to YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Watch for more videos on YouTube showing more of the app's functionality.