From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 01:05:10 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A8C612BB007A; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 01:05:10 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <13.007DB2BA@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 3:51:08 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0097 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 03:50:23 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 5131; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 03:49:11 -0500 Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.41] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with SMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 03:49:10 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com Received: from dominic ([213.107.146.146]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021115084910.HLVY20535.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@dominic> for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:49:10 +0000 References: <000c01c28c70$43834f60$98a8a7cb@joe> <4.3.2.7.2.20021115021235.02bf4e48@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu> <001d01c28c7f$a163c240$98a8a7cb@joe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <05ed01c28c84$6c230000$92926bd5@dominic> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:53:09 -0000 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Dominic Stratten Subject: Re: [OT]: Dude, where's my car ? Oh, that green guy's got it To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600607 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 00000737-0000 Heres a thought Alarm is triggered silently -> Doors lock and deadlock -> Ignition and fuel pump are cut -> Wait for car to come to standstill for safety purposes -> Smoke canister triggered causing temporary blindness in car -> High powered strobe activated to add to confusion and blindness -> Very loud siren (possibly voice asking to report to police) triggered. ->Mobile phone linked to GPS to dial owner of car reporting exact position. Using surplus stock and secondhand phone etc, you could do the whole lot for less than $100 Something I've always fancied doing :) -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.