Moj.io: Connect your car to the world around you
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#2This is brilliant. Very well laid-out with a nice polished design. Might just have to check this out.
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#3I went to http://www.moj.io/obd as instructed by the FAQ to learn more about the OnBoard Diagnostic port, but got a 404.
Edit: clarity
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#4Awesome. We are to 4 in just a few months [1]: Lit Motors C-1, Appcelerator+Denso, Ford's Open API, and now Moj.io. This space is exploding quickly and as a hacker and car enthusiast I can't wait to see what is next. Best of luck on your launch!
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#5Nice... though you don't talk about what the data plan will cost. I assume it's basically like having an iPad with various carriers. But I could see that as a possible issue.
Maybe if it could connect to the wifi of my house and send some data then?
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#7Nice... though you don't talk about what the data plan will cost. I assume it's basically like having an iPad with various carriers. But I could see that as a possible issue. Maybe if it could connect to the wifi of my house and send some data then?
From their indiegogo page:
Indiegogo backers pay only $7.99/mth or $79/year (US subscribers) for wireless service.
moj.io uses machine-to-machine (M2M) cellular data exchange to send and receive data to and from your car. Unlike email, web browsing, etc, M2M data exchange is very small and requires only a very small data account.
Presently, moj.io will work with any car built after 1995 and has cellular coverage in Canada and US cities. moj.io is supported by different wireless carriers in the US and Canada. When travelling from network to network, because it is on an M2M connection, there are no roaming fees. Your moj.io's default international roaming setting is set to Off. Contact us for details on international roaming rates between Canada and the US to enable this setting.
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#8Is anybody else using the OnBoard Diagnostic port? Is there some connector for an Arduino? I love this approach.
Re: Moj.io: Connect your car to the world around you
#9Nice... though you don't talk about what the data plan will cost. I assume it's basically like having an iPad with various carriers. But I could see that as a possible issue. Maybe if it could connect to the wifi of my house and send some data then?
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#10Considering the possibilities, I'm very much surprised that Google hasn't entered this space to supplement their traffic intelligence. Just look at the possibilities of the Torque Android app and this Mojio dongle to see how powerful it is.
If Google came out with a bluetooth OBD-II dongle, they could integrate it into Google Maps/Nav and Google Now, both on Android and iOS. And you don't need an expensive cellular connection for a lot of the functionality, driving down the cost.
In the long term, this would have positive effects for them. They would have realtime analytics from the roads to vastly improve traffic analytics in Google Maps. Google Navigation would also be improved for the user by providing realtime information about speed and fuel, which would greatly improve the user experience (more accurate directions, heads up display of speed, and "nearest gas station" when you're running low).
Best of all? It would be $20, and provide them with all the data they need to make their upcoming driverless cars navigate better as well as improving navigation for existing android users in normal cars. It would also tell them how inefficient people are using their vehicles, and use this real crowdsourced data to market the efficiency of their driverless vehicles.