Car navigator remotely manages Web-enabled home

May 14th, 2008 in Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Car navigator remotely manages Web-enabled home (AP)

Panasonic's new car navigation system "Strada F-class" is shown during its launch event in Tokyo Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand products, displayed the new 354,900 yen (US$3,400; euro2,200) HDD car navigation system that enables drivers to check on their pets, turn lights and air conditioning on and off and lock their front door -- all from inside their cars by linking to your home through an Internet-linking mobile phone. All you need to do is touch icons on the touch-screen panel of the car navigation system, such as "turn off the light" or "lock the door." (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)

(AP) -- Drivers in Japan can check on their pets, turn lights and air conditioning on and off and lock their front doors - all from inside their cars - with a new navigation system from Panasonic.

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