[Video Link] Imagine a taxi-meter style display that shows you the true cost of driving for every trip you take in your car. That’s just what David Harris and Steven Kryskalla built at the Boing Boing Ingenuity: Data Driven hack day on August 17.
Using Ford’s OpenXC data platform, Harris and Kryskalla assembled a proof-of-concept system that displays, in realtime, how much it costs to drive both short trips and long commutes. It could eventually incorporate fuel cost, wear-and-tear, servicing, depreciation, etc. They created the display as physical “taxi meter,” a mobile phone app, and as a website.
Harris and Kryskalla were awarded the “Best Use of Data” award, and took home a gift basket from SpikenzieLabs and a pair of Audeze audiophile headphones.
See more videos of the other Data Driven award winners.
Boing Boing: Ingenuity in partnership with Ford C-Max.