Eine wirklich sehr lustge Surface Applikation die man gesehen haben sollte! Die Projektion des Auges finde ich einfach nur genial!

As mentioned earlier in this blog – Fiat and Ford seem to open up their in-car entertainment software framework, so in the near future it could be possible that you will be able to extend your messaging or CRM systems to your employee’s cars, although I would opt for “just” extending your mobile phone with an external display and not to interfere too much with the car’s electronic-ecosystem

And then – the external display should be big!

The 17-inch display, that will be built in the new TESLA S would provide enough space to display even complex information.

Roundarch developed the car controls for Tesla with Adobe Air and Java.

Tesla Modell S: “Das iPhone steuert deine Standheizung”

Heute haben wir, nach langem warten, endlich wieder neues Spielzeug in der Firma bekommen.

TexasInstruments eZ340-Chronos Development Tool

Features:

• Full functional watch
• Reprogramable for custom wireless applications
• Programmer and USB RF access point
• Temperature sensor
• Battery voltage sensor
• 3 axis accelerometer
• Pressure sensor

Damit sollte sich schon einiges anfangen lassen… jetzt fehlt nur noch eine Idee was genau.

English:

Today we got a new toy,… we waited so long.

TexasInstruments eZ340-Chronos Development Tool

Features:

• Full functional watch
• Reprogramable for custom wireless applications
• Programmer and USB RF access point
• Temperature sensor
• Battery voltage sensor
• 3 axis accelerometer
• Pressure sensor

We should get something going with this feature list… only an idea is missing.

I am very much excited about the endless opportunities and issues this could bring into our lives! – Fiat could do it right now!

First up was a walk through of what Ford is calling its App Ecosystem. The company is exposing software libraries that will, in theory, allow any Bluetooth device to communicate with the vehicle. That means Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Palm, and whatever else you want are in the game. Applications will be able to write to the Sync display, have the car read text to speech, receive voice commands, and receive some data from the car. Exactly what data remains to be seen, but full ODBII will not be available — at least not initially. Dreams of a boost gauge widget on your Droid remain unfulfilled.

MyFord dash and Sync App Ecosystem hands-on — Engadget

Still I think you will need to do a lot of Paperwork with Ford once this API’s are available.

In the ongoing quest to create Compact Framework applications that look nice I recently found a good post on how to draw Rounded Rectangles with CF: How to draw a rounded rectangle in .NETCF 

The author Christian Helle also has a Second post where the Rounded Rectangles get filled with a Texture

There is also ways without the GDI Functions but those are a little more complicated.

und wir sind heuer auf der ganzen Tour dabei !

weitere Infos folgen ….

Just learned something new – on one CE 6 Platform I recently had Issues with my GradientFill based  controls. – Google didn’t show me any useful hints!

Today when browsing Platform Builder I found the reason:

Gradient Fill Support is an extra Option that needs to be ticked.