PSP Acts a Remote Control for Honda Civic

[Blackfoot]

Pocket-Lint is reporting that someone at CES 2006 has managed to turn their PSP into a remote control for their tricked out 94 Honda Civic.



"Based on what was once a 94 Honda Civic, a pimped up concept car has gone on show at CES in Las Vegas that allows you to control everything from opening the doors, turning on the lights and even driving it down the street all via the PSP and a wi-fi connection.

The car which has been modified by Metro Electronics in America, who specialise in electronic amps, stereo racks, amps and in car dvd players is even eco friendly having its petrol engine ripped out in favour of an electric one.

“We took out the petrol engine not for the green appeal, but so we could get in more amps and kit,” a spokesperson for the company told Pocket-lint.

But the company didn’t just stop at the remote control and eco-friendly elements. Showing that this vehicle could beat any home cinema system the car comes with 24 LCD screens, including one in the front grill, three amps and more speakers than at a Aerosmith concert."

Aside from the geek factor involved in this, I really cannot fathom a reason to do this. Oh well, someone did it for better or worse.

[blkwrx]

Isn't that one of Alpine's Showcar's?

[nick1257]

That car is ridiculous..

[justin]

car is horrible in my opinion, but its cool they have the PSP controlling it!

[Blackfoot]

PSP Updates has posted information regarding the Honda Civic that used a PSP to remote control it.

"It turns out that the folks at WACIWorld supplied the heart and soul of this car, designing the control system which was also responsible for the PSP connectivity. Many of you wondered what homebrew program was being used to operate this vehicle, and now we’ve learned that it was an interface designed in Lua for LuaPlayer v0.15, which opened the door to WiFi capabilities. You can check out a screen shot up top there, but the best part is, they’ve supplied the Lua source code..."

You can download the Source here.

[nick1257]

Originally Posted by justin

car is horrible in my opinion, but its cool they have the PSP controlling it!

the paint job alone... is ****in unreal

[weezer]

wow, thats a little overboard, but i kind of like it :lol: i have a 94 civic dx, non hatch, and i plan to do things to it (like getting a vtec, suspension, and other performance stuff and maybe a couple things to make it look good) but nothing that wild. :shock:

[ExaSpidey]

All I can say is BAD ASS! Wicked cool paint job, and from what I could tell is that it had no steering wheel. Now the car can't be stolen unless you have a PSP (v1.5 w/ Lua Player), and know the ip address of the car. AWESOMENESS!!!

[fatalkeyv]

wow!instead of playing a psp car game they played the real car!

homebrew rocks!!

so i can drive my car and play video games at the same time? sweet!