How to hack your Prius
Toyota's high-tech hybrid has a host of electronic hooks that you can fiddle with. These videos demonstrate how to turn your car into a true plug-in hybrid of the sort not yet available in showrooms; put the dashboard computer into diagnostic mode and muck around in its guts; or, if you're feeling really ambitious, control the car's drive-by-wire steering wheel from your laptop.
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Way to go!
Awesome work! I'm heading over to subscribe to your videos right now :) Also, way to utilize Processing for something cool. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.Chrelad