A Prius Mac Mini hack
If you like what is quickly becoming a series on DIY upgrades for your Toyota Prius here at Treehugger and you missed the Digg, then allow us to point you to the “quest to make Mac Prius“, or how to make a Mac Mini with audio and video work in Toyota’s hybrid, Prius. Granted the last hacks tracked here helped you activate the Prius’ hidden powers and monitor the secret inner workings: what one might call first-order hacks. Mac Prius is more of a counter-culture family reunion.
With hints on which technology flops and which is tops, as well as shares on Perl scripts (disclaimer quote: “if your Mac spontaneously combusts after running this script, I am not responsible”), Mac Prius will set you on the road with your tunes via touch-screen and DVD entertainment for the tots on the long trips. The response time on the touch screen suggests a disclaimer about keeping the car on the road while working the controls might be in order, but it is a “work in progress” so stay tuned to the Mac Prius site for the tweaks.
Frankly this mod is cool but seems a bit insane.. specially considering users which do not have the nav system and thus have tio remove their whole dash for it.
Comment by John Ramalho — March 5, 2006 @ 4:21 am