Can this app make you a better driver?
The Dash app connects your phone to your car and translates data about your driving habits. But the most interesting thing may be what it could do to the future of driving.
The app, which rolled out on Google Play for Android at the end of January (and is coming soon for iOS), connects your phone to your car and relays detailed, real-time data about your driving habits back to you. It is a Techstars New York-backed startup, and its investors include Foursquare cofounder and CEO Dennis Crowley and Makerbot CEO Bre Pettis.
Inspired by existing smart data technology like the Jawbone Up wristband and the Nest thermostat, Jamyn Edis and his cofounder, Brian Langel, saw an opportunity to bring data analysis to cars.
“We were viewing cars as a platform, and we really hadn’t seen anything in the market in summer of 2012 that was really creating interesting new experiences based off the data around driving”
- Jamyn Edis
The idea is that, by making people aware of their driving habits, they will take the necessary steps to improve those habits, leaving us with safer roads and lower fuel emissions.
You can read much more on Fast Company.
Notes