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evilbunnee over 11 years ago

Hey!

 

I work in a large office complex, and often when I would get off work, several of my office mates would be getting off work at the same time.  Working in a large office complex of course means that there is a large parking lot.  So often times, I wouldn't remember exactly where I parked.  Luckily, when remotely unlocking my car, my car goes beep, and I can follow the beep to where I parked.  Unluckily, about 90 of my coworkers' cars also go beep.  Not only does this render the "follow the beep" method of car location useless, it is simply uncool.

 

I always thought it would be hecta-cool to be able to simply slip a memory card in somewhere under the hood with a wav or mp3 file stored on it, much like a ringtone on a phone.  Then when you hit the button, perhaps the strum of a guitar, or the sound of a phaser could alert you to where your car is.  This "car-tune" could be customized with any sound clip, and possibly play out of a small speaker hidden in the grill somewhere.

 

What do you think?

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    kidiccurus over 11 years ago

    Better yet use a GPS sensor and 3g to send data to your phone for a sat nav type system. Or more simply a radio module and monitor the signal strength for an approximation of distance. Or, if you can reload it after each use and don't live near a military base or airport, use an igniter to launch a firework.

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    royston02 over 11 years ago in reply to kidiccurus

    So much money(according to me) is not worth for just finding a car!

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    royston02 over 11 years ago in reply to kidiccurus

    So much money(according to me) is not worth for just finding a car!

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