Cool Ideas

This page is for all the crazy ideas that we think of for improving the boat. Add at your leisure, but please dont delete any of them - no matter how crazy!


 * connectivitty over 3G Ideas
 * Submarine boat to avoid collisions with other boats
 * &quot;Porcupine&quot; boat to sense collisions
 * http://www.team-xecuter.com/x3/tutorials/x3pin16.htm XBOX driven boat?
 * google earth integrated GUI
 * VHF/UHF revolving-frequency proximity warning
 * depth gauge
 * digital reading of marine charts; path planning
 * velocity prediction; polar plot optimization in real time
 * load cell data transmitted in real time, displayed in GUI
 * Hacking a fish finder, putting it in the bulb of the keel and using it to detect obstacles (there's a New Zealand company that uses NMEA data in their models too apparently!!)
 * Predicting gusts with a barometer
 * Using images/computer vision to detect objects (http://qmast.wikia.com/wiki/Computer_vision%3F)