is the prius "dumb" ?

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  1. paxbritannica1805

    paxbritannica1805 New Member

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    Lol. How does this have any relavence at all? Besides, there are 24 "beacons" if you like, in geosynchronous orbit, and I was under the impression that powerful processors were somewhat ubiquitous nowadays. Why would it take such enormous processing power to make a few thousand comparisons?
     
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    Oh, crap. Does that mean I'm going to have to dig all the beacons back up? I just finished doing my block and it was really expensive. :madgrin:
     
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    It would be an interesting project, but sooo much time. Im not complaining about Toyota, but with all of the effort they put into developing the many other unique parts for the prius, I thought that route learning would have been given some attention since the per-car cost would be low, compared to a higher cap battery ,etc.
     
    #23 paxbritannica1805, May 26, 2009
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    Well since you've got it all figured out, I'd suggest you become a vehicle telematics engineer when you get out of school and make it happen. Should make you a bundle.

    Next...
     
    #24 SW03ES, May 26, 2009
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    I kinda think the car is only as smart as the person driving it!!!

    Oh yeah, where are those Flying Cars...
    I was promised a Flying Car by now!!!
     
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    Flying by all us Prius Drivers.
     
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    My Prius is smart enough to keep my gas bill lower and less emissions, that's good enough for me and it serves its design purposes.

    Maybe a "Smart" car is what the OP needs.
     
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