<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>This is an interesting question. Which will be less distracting, or move your eyes less off the road, a HUD on you windshield in front of you, a VGA display in your rear view mirror, an iPad propped up on top of your center dash area, or something else?</div><div><br></div><div>I am pretty sure that there really should be no place besides looking in front that would be safer for you, your passengers and the drivers around you.</div><div><br></div><div>If APRS info becomes that much a part of driving, we have perhaps missed out on what drivers roles are.</div><div><br></div><div>Gregg Wonderly</div><div>W5GGW<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jun 19, 2010, at 8:52 AM, "Wes Johnston, AI4PX" <<a href="mailto:wes@ai4px.com">wes@ai4px.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I just saw a Modern Marvels the other night about police pursuits. One of the cars has a HUD display on the windshield that was rather simple. It was a piece of plexiglass hung from where the sunvisor goes and an LCD projector mounted where the dome light is located. The projector sends a left/right reversed image to the semi-reflective plexi screen. This seemed rather impractical until the advent of small LED projectors for laptops like this one <a href="http://www.personalprojector.co.uk/"><a href="http://www.personalprojector.co.uk/">http://www.personalprojector.co.uk/</a></a> . <br>
<br>Wouldn't this be the hot setup to have a copy of UIview or Xastir running right in front of you in the car?<br clear="all">Wes<br>---<br>God help those who do not help themselves.<br>
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