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A Rearview Mirror On Steroids
A small California company called Crimestopper plans to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show next month a rearview mirror called the NavPro NP3000 series mirror that features an embedded 4.5-inch LCD display and GPS electronics. In addition to providing GPS directions, the small screen will show live video from a camera in the bumper whenever the car is going in reverse. Pricing has not been announced.A small California company called Crimestopper plans to unveil at the Consumer Electronics Show next month a rearview mirror called the NavPro NP3000 series mirror that features an embedded 4.5-inch LCD display and GPS electronics. In addition to providing GPS directions, the small screen will show live video from a camera in the bumper whenever the car is going in reverse.
Pricing has not been announced.This aftermarket mirror "mirrors" what's happening in the new-car market. For example, the 2006 Prius features a screen with GPS and rearview video, but embedded in the dash, rather than the rearview mirror.
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It's great to see both GPS and video camera technology becoming more mainstream. I assume that such functionality will be sold as standard equipment on most cars in just a couple of years -- great news for car-buying gadget geeks. Now if only I could see what's reflected in my rearview mirror...
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