Geohot’s new automated-driving device can only be redeemed by coughing up data
AUSTIN, Texas-At the first day of the SXSW Interactive festival, George "Geohot" Hotz announced an updated business plan for his company Comma.ai, all while revealing a new piece of hardware that will be given away, as opposed to sold: the Panda.
The small circuit-board device comes with an ODB2 connector on one end and a USB port on the other. Hotz described the ODB2 as compatible with any car made after 1996, though ideal for cars made later than 2006. The device's crowded circuit board also includes a 32-bit processor, a Wi-Fi driver, and a 4A charger, which he described as "an awesome phone charger." Hotz said the Panda can expose more active car data than the ODB2 plug-in devices used by apps such as Torque, including individual wheel speeds, steering wheel angles, and blinker functions. The ODB2 even has the ability to issue accelerator and brake commands to a car.
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