From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 11:42:59 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id AE43990150; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:42:59 -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 <5.007DD45C@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:28:49 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 7734 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:28:40 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 8551; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:27:53 -0500 Received: from frumble.claremont.edu [134.173.251.39] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:27:52 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by frumble.claremont.edu Received: (from lee@localhost) by frumble.claremont.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA21785 for piclist@mitvma.mit.edu; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:29:25 -0800 Message-ID: <200211151929.LAA21785@frumble.claremont.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 11:29:25 -0800 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Lee Jones 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: 277600719 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Evolution: 00000797-0000 > Possiblity the perp could be fooled into thinking the car had > a really serious problem This could be a very usefull approach. Put a smoke generator on the exhaust system. Could be as easy as pumping oil in just past the catalytic converter. You want to create a high volume, blue smoke cloud. And it couldn't be construed as a direct danger to the thief. Thief might abandon your car quickly as unreliable. With a little luck, they would be stopped by the police for excessive polution... You could have a second PIC based unit that detected the police car's flashing lights and announced "I'm a stolen car" repeatedly. Lee Jones -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.