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Offline Chairboy

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« on: December 23, 2005, 06:58:20 PM »
As some of you may know, I have a computer installed in my car.  One of the things I've done with it is install a little camera on the dash that takes a picture every 4 seconds and creates a time lapse movie of every drive I make.

My drive from Seattle to Portland was smooth sailing until just before the 205 when the temperature dropped to freezing and it started snowing.  Cars were sliding off the road around me, and I managed to limp to my sisters house to wait an hour before continuing south to Eugene.  

Here's the clip of Seattle to just north of the Oregon border in two and a half minutes, followed by a period of slow, careful ice driving for your entertainment.

http://hallert.net/misc/12-18-05drive.wmv

BTW, I have a time lapse movie of every drive I take in my Buick Regal, the software handles it all automatically.  Ain't technology great?
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2005, 07:03:32 PM »
Well cool....but what the heck did you do to the sun!
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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2005, 07:17:56 PM »
I used a nucleonic inhibitor to allow the CCD to function as a neutrino detector as well as a standard camera.  That, coupled with a magnetically coupled Zoehn capacitor also provided a two order improvement in controlling blah blah treknology blah blah.
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2005, 07:23:12 PM »
Sweet, how's that set up?  Have a write-up on your web site?
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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2005, 07:23:44 PM »
looks like your sister's my neighbor (only a couple miles away anyway)
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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2005, 07:29:36 PM »
Actually...  I don't, but should.

Here's the setup, it's been in place over a year:

7" LCD touchscreen mounted on dashboard.  
Epia Mini-ITX M10000 1ghz computer w/ 512 RAM
20gig system drive (notebook) for software/OS)
250gig media drive with about 28,000 songs
OBD-II interface to connect with engine computer
802.11g card
Shuttlexpress tactile interface pad so I can control the system without looking
Webcam (as mentioned earlier)
Opus DC-DC power supply (no inverters, no A/C)
GPS
Bluetooth adapter

It's tied into my stereo too, of course.  :D
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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2005, 07:35:38 PM »
See kids, this is what happens when you don't get laid!
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2005, 07:39:05 PM »
Are you talking to Chairboy's kids?  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2005, 07:53:34 PM »
LOL...

It's probably a US beta test of a system the government intends to install on every vehicle in the US sooner or later.





To fight the war on terror, of course.





Nothing like the British system though....lol The US citizens are convinced it's "cool" and post about it on the web and stuff.  Pretty good marketing.

:noid

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« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2005, 09:11:52 PM »
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That was cool...no sound :(
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« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2005, 09:21:33 PM »
Wait a mintue...if this movie was all 1 clip. then that means that u drove for about 16 minutes. heres my math.
Since you said it takes a snapshot every 4 secs that means
60secs/4=15secs... Means for every 15 seconds in real time=1 minute in movie time

15secsx4=......1 minute in real time=4 minutes in movie time

movie length is 4 minutes

4 minutes in movie time x4 minutes of film=16 minutes of driving


In movie however it looks like longer!?!?

???? is my math correct?
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« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2005, 09:25:20 PM »
black hole sun, wooont ya come, n wash awaaay the raaainnn! :)
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« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2005, 10:14:18 PM »
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Originally posted by Lan784
Wait a mintue...if this movie was all 1 clip. then that means that u drove for about 16 minutes. heres my math.
Since you said it takes a snapshot every 4 secs that means
60secs/4=15secs... Means for every 15 seconds in real time=1 minute in movie time

15secsx4=......1 minute in real time=4 minutes in movie time

movie length is 4 minutes

4 minutes in movie time x4 minutes of film=16 minutes of driving


In movie however it looks like longer!?!?

???? is my math correct?


The playback is not at 1 frame per 4 seconds, or "real time". That's what is throwing you off.
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« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2005, 10:15:17 PM »
lol not to many cars passing you leadfoot.  why do people always bunch up in bad weather then hit the brakes?  7 inch lcd on the dash. bet odot would love that.
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« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2005, 10:15:48 PM »
no he said it takes  frame every 4 secs
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