Salvage US Computer for Japan?

I've seen a few posts on here about accidents, and I must first say that I feel very sorry that this happened to those people.

The other side of my head is thinking that this could be an opportunity of some sort.


There is skilled a developer in Japan who is willing to work out some mods for use on US cars, but he does not have access to a US car. We originally talked about shipping a car to him, but that was not feasible due to costs and volunteering a car. We also toyed with the idea of bringing him over to the US for a while, but the costs are still high and the legalities are complex.

NEW IDEA:
What about salvaging the computer(s) from a few of the Prii that have been totaled in accidents? Those could easily be shipped to Japan.

Just an idea . . . . What do you think?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Aug 21 2006, 07:05 PM) [snapback]307088[/snapback]</div>

Take a look at THIS POST to see what I mean. I think we could collectively come up with a couple of computers to ship back and forth as needed for development/testing efforts.

 

I don't know how different they would be - I DO know that programmers are generally more efficient when they have a bench-unit to play with - that allows them the freedom to try out new stuff without possible disabling their own car and/or voiding the warranty.

I'm just trying to find a way to help the developer(s) so they can get new stuff to us faster!