Vehicles are increasingly behaving like computers with wheels, so it's time for a discussion of a little-known aspect of your car: its computer network. In the past we would have called it the ...

As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what's to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car's brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the ...

Man versus machine. Remember that famous scene from Stanley Kubrick’s epic 2001: A Space Odyssey movie where the computer refuses to let the astronaut back on board the spaceship? Science ...

While individual chips may be cheap these days, the computer's significance is evident in just how many there are in a single car. Electronics are responsible for 40 percent of a new car's total cost.

Here's what drives cars of the '80sâ the Electronic Computer Module(ECM).Typical GM unit has an analog board to run sensors, digital board for"thinking" and memory. Removable PROM(at left ...

Could the next object of their tinkering affection be not a car, but a tiny computer? The Raspberry Pi costs $35, fits in an Altoid tin, and offers a blank slate for programmers. Hackers and ...

Computers embedded in things (like your car and refrigerator) will be next. But when it comes to wearables like glasses, Wroblewski points out that "its a huge commitment to wear something all ...

First Microsoft set out to put a computer in every home. Now the software giant hopes to put one in every vehicle, too. "We'd like to have one of our operating systems in every car on Earth," said ...

HW3 (FSD Computer) Apr 2019 – Late 2023 (phased out) ~4 million (approx.) Standard in all models from 2019–2022; remained in some cars through 2023. Overlap with HW4 during 2023.

In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the steering wheel and even shut down the engine – all from their laptop computers.