WHOOP WHOOP: Free software turns Mac remote into alarm fob
Oh, yes. This is so very geeky, but also good for a laugh or two. Download this little piece of software to give your computer the same level of remote-controlled safety your car probably enjoys. Using the remote that came with your Mac (Windows, Linux and Amiga users need not apply), you can arm and disarm your computer's new security system, complete with the telltale WHOOP WHOOP and door lock sounds. Anyone who dares to mess with your locked-down computer will meet with the shrill sounds of the stereotypical car alarm. Your cubicle neighbors are gonna love this! The software is available from Toyota and looks to be part of its iQ marketing campaign in Belgium. Don't worry, though, the easy-to-follow software setup is in English.
Thanks for the tip, Bob!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SamBd1 5:08PM (1/16/2009)
This is like iAlertU
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Brendon 5:09PM (1/16/2009)
This has already been done?
iAlertu
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remy 8:16PM (1/16/2009)
OMG! 2 software doing the same thing! unpossible !
thomas 11:03PM (1/16/2009)
not to mention iAlertu will go so far as to take a still photo from your web cam and email it to you. so you can pick the schmuck who tried to gaffle your macbook out of a lineup.
ajmalzx 5:41PM (1/16/2009)
Ridiculous, useless and utterly pointless.... I'm installing it right now.
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Domestic 6.0 5:54PM (1/16/2009)
Its kool but the car looks like sh*t ....
AntBee 6:01PM (1/16/2009)
This is incredibly cute! The car, too!
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Brian 6:15PM (1/16/2009)
This was posted on youtube more than two years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkAtRfA1UXc
http://slappingturtle.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=99999999
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Kevin 6:48PM (1/16/2009)
Giving props to the Amgia.
That's old school yo.
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Matthew 7:13PM (1/16/2009)
As the first poster said, iAlertu already had this done almost three years ago, after the first Intel macs came out. Bet he's peeved that Toyota does it and all of the sudden it gets press attention.
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garypalaniuk 8:55PM (1/16/2009)
It's all about the marketing. The marketing folks at Toyota are very smart.
This is viral marketing. Someone sees this video, thinks it's neat and passes the video or link to a few friends, and then on to more friends, and so on and so on. It's not long before hundreds of thousands of people see this image of a cute Toyota car, even though the reason for passing the e-mail on was the funny (or original?) idea of a car alarm on a computer.
When it comes time for some of these hundreds of thousands of people to buy a car, they are more likely to consider the Toyota IQ, even though they don't think of it consciously.
Immortal Time Keeper 9:06PM (2/17/2009)
Problem is when the Macbook lid is closed, system goes to sleep. Unless you have insomniax or iQ does what insomniax does.
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wvuquentin 9:57PM (1/16/2009)
I wonder if the wife will be pissed when I install this on her macbook. haha Maybe I should just stick to my imac.
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Sean 5:08PM (1/17/2009)
There's a problem...if you set the password, after the alarm is activated, no matter what you type in the password field, it will still deactivate the alarm. FAIL!
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