Forget Intelligent Key, This is what we need...
Forget Intelligent Key, This is what we need...
You'd no longer have to worry about losing the key in the car. Of course the watch costs as much as a G37...
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Like something straight out of a James Bond flick, Aston Martin is offering a limited edition Jaeger LeCoultre wristwatch for its new DBS that can be used to lock and unlock the car as well as fire it up. Available only to buyers of the 510hp flagship, the new watch carries a price tag of €25,000. Remember, that’s on top of the €240,000 already put down for the car.
For that kind of money, customers get one of the most complex timepieces in the world. There’s over 200 parts used for just the casing and an additional 200 parts used for the watch movement itself, reports Automotive News. Engineers also managed to shrink the DBS transponder electronics so that it fits inside the watch.
Jaeger boss Jérôme Lambert says the new watch allows you to do away with the keys.
For that kind of money, customers get one of the most complex timepieces in the world. There’s over 200 parts used for just the casing and an additional 200 parts used for the watch movement itself, reports Automotive News. Engineers also managed to shrink the DBS transponder electronics so that it fits inside the watch.
Jaeger boss Jérôme Lambert says the new watch allows you to do away with the keys.
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Does anyone know how the transponder on our IK works? Does it need to be powered? I'm tempted to go buy a spare one and tinker around with it. Maybe, add it into the sole of my shoe or something? 
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No, embedding the chip in your neck, well that's hi-tech baby! Imagine just blinking twice and getting to watch Star Trek on the nav screen.
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it's probably not hard...
i'd take apart my mom's Maxima iKey and let you guys know but she'd probably get pissed.
the PCB is probably 3/4 the size of a stick of gum with a smaller watch battery... Most likely has 3 surface mounted buttons and a small round transmitter on the top.
I don't think you're getting it in anywhere... they key is your best bet.
i'd take apart my mom's Maxima iKey and let you guys know but she'd probably get pissed.
the PCB is probably 3/4 the size of a stick of gum with a smaller watch battery... Most likely has 3 surface mounted buttons and a small round transmitter on the top.
I don't think you're getting it in anywhere... they key is your best bet.
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or opposite end of spectrum ... here, take my 
shoe.
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Last time I checked the "intelligent key" is nothing more than a RFID chip (google it to be amazed) with a unique ID number. When the chip comes into close contact with the car, the car picks it up, checks the ID, if it passes authorization, it allows it to open/lock doors and start the ignition.
Verichip (google it) makes RFID chips which can be embedded in humans. There are already uses for RFID technology as far as storing medical information and allowing access to private clubs/residences/etc.
Walmart uses it in all their products to keep track of inventory. Sunpass/Ezpass/Baypass/Whateveryouwannacallitpass uses it for payment of tolls. RFID tags is now being embeded into playing cards that are used for televisied poker tournamnets, so comentators know exactly what cards has been dealt to whom, as soon as the deal is complete. A school used them a few years ago to track attendance in kids (the kids had to wear an ID tag around their neck which was equipped with a RFID tag...
My guess is that in the next 10-15 years, this technology will be more mainstream, and dare I say it, a normal part of life... scary, I know.
Verichip (google it) makes RFID chips which can be embedded in humans. There are already uses for RFID technology as far as storing medical information and allowing access to private clubs/residences/etc.
Walmart uses it in all their products to keep track of inventory. Sunpass/Ezpass/Baypass/Whateveryouwannacallitpass uses it for payment of tolls. RFID tags is now being embeded into playing cards that are used for televisied poker tournamnets, so comentators know exactly what cards has been dealt to whom, as soon as the deal is complete. A school used them a few years ago to track attendance in kids (the kids had to wear an ID tag around their neck which was equipped with a RFID tag...
My guess is that in the next 10-15 years, this technology will be more mainstream, and dare I say it, a normal part of life... scary, I know.
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Last time I checked the "intelligent key" is nothing more than a RFID chip (google it to be amazed) with a unique ID number. When the chip comes into close contact with the car, the car picks it up, checks the ID, if it passes authorization, it allows it to open/lock doors and start the ignition.
Verichip (google it) makes RFID chips which can be embedded in humans. There are already uses for RFID technology as far as storing medical information and allowing access to private clubs/residences/etc.
Walmart uses it in all their products to keep track of inventory. Sunpass/Ezpass/Baypass/Whateveryouwannacallitpass uses it for payment of tolls. RFID tags is now being embeded into playing cards that are used for televisied poker tournamnets, so comentators know exactly what cards has been dealt to whom, as soon as the deal is complete. A school used them a few years ago to track attendance in kids (the kids had to wear an ID tag around their neck which was equipped with a RFID tag...
My guess is that in the next 10-15 years, this technology will be more mainstream, and dare I say it, a normal part of life... scary, I know.
Verichip (google it) makes RFID chips which can be embedded in humans. There are already uses for RFID technology as far as storing medical information and allowing access to private clubs/residences/etc.
Walmart uses it in all their products to keep track of inventory. Sunpass/Ezpass/Baypass/Whateveryouwannacallitpass uses it for payment of tolls. RFID tags is now being embeded into playing cards that are used for televisied poker tournamnets, so comentators know exactly what cards has been dealt to whom, as soon as the deal is complete. A school used them a few years ago to track attendance in kids (the kids had to wear an ID tag around their neck which was equipped with a RFID tag...
My guess is that in the next 10-15 years, this technology will be more mainstream, and dare I say it, a normal part of life... scary, I know.
Like I said earlier, a bit smaller than a stick of gum. When I get home from work I'll try to take apart the Maxima iKey
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well, here it is...
in the first pic you can see the fob open.
the upside-down black T is the RFID. the battery is the attached to the back.
the second pic you can see the 4 surface mount buttons... the two chips up top are most likely microcontrollers.
third pic is the antenna for the RFID.
in the first pic you can see the fob open.
the upside-down black T is the RFID. the battery is the attached to the back.
the second pic you can see the 4 surface mount buttons... the two chips up top are most likely microcontrollers.
third pic is the antenna for the RFID.