The problem with hard wiring into harnesses or directly into the taillight wires is that the "convenience" factor goes away. Picture a woman driver (no offense ladies) who has no knowledge of such systems trying to figure out how to fix her non-working taillights on the road. If you told her to...
Hydrostatic
There are hydrostatic release devices for CO2 systems that also release the gas when submerged in as little as 4 inches into the water. Just thought you might like to know that fact. Some are for life jackets and some are for life rafts which help release the raft if it is going...
Actually L&R might be better "D" for drivers side and "P" for passenger. That whole left right thing gets confusing on cars sometimes depending on which way your facing the car from/:)
Yeah, that's another good reason to have the one box with the power supply located in the trunk or truck box so it can power the sensors via a thin wire lead to each. Have to mark one "L" and one "R" huh?
Signal strength shouldn't pose a problem considering how far away remote starter units and car alarms work from. Those "fob" size transmitters are tiny too. The wireless concept should also include a "roll-over code" like garage door openers use for security and to prevent interference from...
The thought of losing your sticky sensors could be solved I suppose with the sensors being attached to a box via wire leads and the box then sitting in the back of your trunk or truck box. That would allow you to have one Transceiver for the sensors to operate from. Also, the guy that worked on...
Here's the big money maker for anyone who wants to patent it and make the big cash ... I never had the desire to chase it down but perhaps on of you will. Design a system which allows new car manufacturers to build wireless connectivity into their new vehicles to operate all sorts of gadgets...
Warren;
I understand your view. A simple, "remember it has to be affordable in order to sell" comment would suffice.
Some things sell regardless of price. Not to mass market consumers though. Usually to governmental agencies who could care less how they spend your tax dollars:)
I'm glad it's...
No wonder its all about the money ... sorry for poking fun back at you. Really I'm glad you have done well with your patent. You are one of the few that do well in that arena. Do you mind sharing the concept of your patent?
Well at least the discussion has lightened. Yes sensors are costly until mass produced. I recently saw somewhere that video cameras were eventually going to be as easily applied as a postage stamp. Stick them to something and log into the IP address to see what's going on. Very interesting. If...
The life vest application is only suggested as a representative benchmark for the sake of discussion. Do you understand that Warren? It is only to offer a starting point to work from. I'm not suggesting we make a chemically operated life vest here in this forum (although I do not think it is...
There is an issue of speed and convenience involved. Consumers like products that are very intuitive. They don't want to make electrical connections. That was the idea behind a simple sticky sensor and corresponding remote taillight. Left and right respectively. As for the power source for the...
Bravo MGB ... a wise statement indeed. It's not always about the cheapest method being the best.
How quickly some people will dismiss the value of an idea if it doesn't seem to add up financially.
As I stated before Warren ... not everything is immediately apparent. Good guess though on the checking your taillights gadget idea though. But if you must know I'll actually tell you this one. The actual application for the discussion was to determine the feasibility of creating a wireless...
I believe it ... there is nothing new under the sun.
Warren ... I liked my analogy ... I didn't waste too much time thinking of the perfect comparison because, like your reply, it didn't seem to be productive todo so. Keep an open mind my friend. Not everything is immediately apparent.