You know those black boxes that they have on airplanes? You know, the ones that you recover in the event of a crash to describe what was going on at the time the plane went down? They’re also called flight data recorders.
Well, now there’s one for your car. It’s called the Driving Reporter Gadget, and thanks to a combination of GPS and USB connectivity, your car will now keep a running record of where you’ve been, how fast you were going, and plenty more. You can even watch your trip play out on the surface of the planet thanks to Google Earth.
This is probably one of those things that’d be great for parents, but could be misused so easily it’s not even funny. I mean, seriously–what if people started putting these things under other people’s cars? Then they could watch everything you do in a typical day, or at least know where you go.
That’s one to think about.
Tags: black box, Driving Reporter Gadget, flight data recorder, Google Earth, GPS, USB