Hi Adam, Hi fellow python guy.
Well I would like to introduce my project to you. It is a robotic driverless car system written in python. http://bitbucket.org/djlyon/smp-driverless-car-robot/wiki/Home After seeing that Google made their own driverless car (lots of money + 14 top engineers + the right equipment) I sortof worked out that I perhaps could do an open source version that could work with a mini-itx computer ($130) a couple of webcams ($40) and some stepper motors ($150) connected to the brakes and steering. Acceleration controlled via either the LIN or CAN bus. The Germans threw 850 million euros at doing it.. what they have resulted in closed source / proprietory experience. I basically estimate that an Open Source project doing the same thing must be conservatively worth $30M on the international market. Because the task of writing such a system is too complex and too expensive for every automobile manufacturer to undertake in-house for themselves. The project is way too big for me to code for alone.. that doesn't matter. Already, I have followers on my site from Europe and USA, and that list will grow as the project matures. Feel free to jump in and stake a position. I'm very sure that I can secure development contracts somewhere with second teer auto companies in France, Spain, Korea, China, Malaysia, Victoria-SA or Japan or even USA with this project in around 18 months time. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
