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.

Unfortunately, they're getting good at it, and it's getting easier as cars become more and more computer controlled. That's the technical side of downloading black box data, but there's a legal ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...