"A black box is a computer in your car, and it can be used for diagnostic purposes in newer cars — by newer, probably within the last 10 years," explained Forest Horne, a partner and attorney at ...

The car gets driven mainly on the highway ... being told that my transmission is not working correctly due to the computer box that resides in the glove compartment that controls the workings ...

In Chicago, surveillance video shows a thief pointing a small box-like device at a car door ... hacking mechanism that overrides the car's computer system. Thieves across the country have been ...

Third, the computer code for black boxes should be open source ... One final point I would make about automobile black boxes: although cars are different, EDRs may still set an important precedent for ...

"Basically your car is a computer now, so it can record all kinds ... not defects in electronic throttle control systems. "Black box," a term for a device whose workings are obscure, is most ...

Now the part that I like about the interface box, is in order to talk to the computer, it uses only the PIC18F4550’s USB port. one usb connection is all that the computer talks to the car with.

In cars, the box only transmits information to the car's computer in the event of a crash or air bag deployment. Recorders capture vehicle speed, brake activity, crash forces and even seatbelt use ...

Computers in cars date back to the late 1960s, but what can be done with them and who can access these EDR "black boxes" is entering ... are a half-dozen separate computer systems sitting in ...

man, if this trend picks up, we’ll have a perfect mix of old school car hackers from the 50’s and all the computer modders out there. perhaps mtv might do a “pimp my box” show soon… ...

Baidu is on the cusp of making self-driving cars more practical ... ready” autonomous driving computer, is ready for use on the streets. It’s an unassuming box (see below), but it can handle ...