Worried about my car parked on the street, I had an idea. A laser range finder that detects when my car is moved. Just point it out of the window with the car in view, and you are all set.
I know what you are thinking, why not monitor all activity in the car and send alerts? Well, in my case over the weekend, I was on the 27th floor of a building, and sending a signal might be difficult. My door remote wouldn't work from the building. How about sending a txt message from the car with alerts? I don't want to get a cell plan, just for my car. I know there are plenty of options, but let's stick to the range finding method.
The microcontroller aspect is easy enough, but I do not know where to begin with lasers or laser range finders. All I plan on doing is taking a distance sample from the laser every few seconds. I am hoping for a module that could tie easily to a mcu. From experience, does any such laser exist?
This idea could work if you want to detect is anything moves; other cars, garbage cans, garage door, other doors, random objects, homeless guy in the ally.
I sense that complete life monitoring will soon be ported to our phones. I would personally welcome that. A little piece of mind would be nice.
Cabe
