DocAndersen
One of the things I love about technology is the ever-changing landscape. For many years police cruisers have had HUD to Head-Up Displays in the vehicle. As an avid crowdfunded, I considered a number of the HUD displays that were around and ended up backing three of them. One was simply a reflection system. One, however, offered some really interesting integration with the management port of your car and your phone.
Navdy is the product, and it offers you a screen that you put on the dashboard of your car, you can see through the screen, but it also displays information. You monitor your car, see where you are in the world, and all-the-while looking ahead at the road. The system is really easy to install. There are several iterations of the HUD system for your car; Navdy is a simple system that offers complex views of information.
You plug it into your ODB or Car Management Port. That is all you need to do. The unit has a dash adapter for any time of the dashboard. In my case, I was able to use the provided friction mount. They also include wire holders, so you don’t have to have a loose wire in your car. The screen is very visible as you are driving and doesn’t blog your view. I am slowly turning on notifications as I don’t want to get distracted while driving. Right now, I have Navdy reading my texts; I can use Siri to respond to the text and never take my eyes off the road. It also displays caller ID and contact information on the screen with incoming calls.
I’ve now used it for about three days, and overall find it an extremely useful tool to have in your car! The thing to note is that the HUD (Heads Up Display) is in front of you in the car, but the screen is opaque so that you can see the information form the software, but also see through it to the road.
We have a GPS that helps us get to our destinations. Great information here Doc.
thanks these devices (HUDs) will hopefully slowly wean the cell phone out of peoples hands while driving!
I like better the idea of driving by the seat of my pants, I see maps on google or actual maps and I write down some instructions and generally find where I want to go every time.
i do that a lot of the time, But when I used to travel and land in pitch darkness, in a city I had never been in, I learned to love the GPS!
More technology that I am not familiar with.
it really comes out of the horrible holding your cell phone while driving issue. This makes that go away!!!
I don’t know this device and first hear about it, my friend … it doesn’t look bad
all sorts of cool data you can pull from your cars management port!
I need to check with us in the shops … I really haven’t found this device yet
I think, although I don’t know if you use Amazon, that you can find it on there.
Unfortunately, I don’t know this device.
it is a small screen that people use in their cars!
Thank you very much for the explanation.
of course, always happy to help people find new tech!!!
I had a buddy who made an LCD odometer HUD back in the 80s
it is amazing sometimes how far ahead and far behind we were in the 1980s
thou art well spoken, sir
i am getting interesting results on my project so far, One of them is a Levante in the daylight sighting!
what the hell is a levante? and why does google insist that is my name?
i am so sorry, Ledante! i have no idea why I let the spell checker fix it
no, I’m being serious- it isn’t just you. what the hell is a levante anyway? and why does it trend the hell out of me?!?
It is a model of Maserati.
if it helps it goes 185 but be careful they will take your license!
oh hell. I am so screwed. no way I’m going to beat that in google…
also if it helps I am so sorry. People screw up my last name all the time and I know better!
Mr. Ledante, you are not a Maserati in life. As an artist, you might be!
seriously man, don’t feel bad about this. it doesn’t bother me that you screwed up my name, it just bothers me that google always goes “did you mean levante?”
NO, I meant ledante
i consider you a friend, so it bothers me! But I will let it go!
what bothers me is that levante will always trend the hell out of me
damn you, maserati
to kill the dad jokes, most like 185 to 1.
My name often trends on both sides. Mostly not a good thing.
From an SEO perspective, the one that always comes back to me is the wander project.
it is always a thrill to see my art pop up when I am searching for something else
my all-time favorite thing is when somebody quotes a line by Sandler Boggs to me. as if that line would win the discussion.
I just smile and say, I am Sandler Boggs!
trying to beat you with your own material? what a rookie move…
Back, before I took on Doc as a nickname, Sandler Boggs was the name I used for Poetry and technology.
As the younger less successful brother of Phineas, Sandler was always trying new ways to do things!