Collaborate Disseminate
Modern cars often come with white marker lights or daytime running lights that are on all the time, as a supplement to the primary headlights. The problem is that in …read more Continue reading A 555 Can Even Make Your Car Indicator More Visible
The CAN bus, accessible through the OBD-II port, is the channel that holds all the secrets of the modern automobile. If you want to display those for your own perusal, …read more Continue reading ESP32 Used As Wireless CAN Bus Reader
Have you ever pulled into a car park with your favorite song blaring, only to lament the fact that the music cut out when you stopped the engine? Some modern …read more Continue reading Keeping a Mazda’s Radio On After The Engine Shuts Off
Turn signals in most of the world are mandated to be a flashing orange light, distinct from other bulbs on a vehicle. However, there has been a trend in the …read more Continue reading Building An Animated Turn Signal For The Mazda MX-5
If you live somewhere prone to power outages, you might have thought about buying a generator. The problem is that small generators are cheap but — well — small. Big …read more Continue reading That’s not a Junker… That’s My Generator
Maybe you like to live dangerously. Like, James Bond dangerously. Well, we won’t judge, but we will pass this along — BMW has created the ultimate driving machine for shootouts …read more Continue reading Ballistic BMW Blocks Both Bullets and Booms
Humans have a need for speed, and students from the Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) have set a new acceleration record for an electric vehicle with a 0 to 100 …read more Continue reading Students Set EV Acceleration World Record
With newer cars being computers on wheels, some manufacturers are using software to put features behind a paywall or thwarting DIY repairs. Industrious hackers security researchers have taken it upon …read more Continue reading Jailbreaking Tesla Infotainment Systems
When looking the modify a passenger vehicle, the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus is a pretty easy target. In modern vehicles it has access to most of the on-board systems …read more Continue reading Get MOST Into Your Pi
A Model T Ford customer could famously get their car “in any color he wants, so long as it’s black.” Thus begins a deep dive into the history of car …read more Continue reading Watching Paint Dry for Over 100 Years