It seems that you can control your car with the help of an iPod. Recently, Jonathan Oxer has presented his latest invention in the field, a program witch permits him to control from great distances a car, with the help of an Ipod touch. Jonathan has written some books over his carrier and had a good collaboration with several technological publications.

The application he invented can be used to close and open a car’s doors, the trunk, the windows and to start the engine. The car owner can also see the fuel level, the speed and engine temperature on the display of the ipod. The program offer all around the world coverage, as it allows the presence of a GPS system to allow people track their car with Google Maps’ help.

Your car has to be computerized. This means you will connect an in-car laptop to the car’s computer and connect a 3G modem to the laptop. This procedure allows the ipod to stay always connected to the car, Even if you are located in a different part of the world, you will still be able to view and control your car via ipod means. It sounds a bit strange and also unsafe, since any new software programs that’s using GPS seems so easily available to hackers, and since the program basically controls your car, you have to wonder what would happen if someone does manages to break into it.

You have to consider safety and accuracy before getting something like this for your car. But if by any chance it becomes something huge you will also need a mini car charger so that the functionality of the device is truly around the clock. It would be too funny to use such a sophisticated program and run off battery on the ipod.

It’s amazing to understand where things are right now, with all the new inventions and technologies available. No one though that ipod would appear when they did, and now, no one even dreamt of making a remote control for a car out of an ipod. And still, the fact is here and is true, which makes us think about tomorrow’s breakthrough.

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