There are a couple of good articles about RFID keys on 
www.HowStuffWorks.com

My friends have a Toyota Prius and you don't even put a key in an 
ignition. When you walk up to the car, it automatically unlocks the doors, 
when you walk away, it locks them.  (Assuming you have the key fob).  When 
you get in the car, you can put the fob in the dash board to activate 
things.

It's very strange though to not actually turn a key and put the car in 
gear.  The Prius has a shift lever, but it doesn't move into discrete 
positions, you just flick it one way and the car is in forward, or another 
way and the car is in reverse, but the joy stick always returns to center.

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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel:    (412) 268-9081

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