What has DIYer Ryan Brandys always wanted to do? Install a Mac Mini into his DeLorean of course! He calls it the "carputer". Not only does his DeLorean have a Mac Mini installed, but also a drivable drive-in movie theater, Airport Express Wi-Fi, and a power inverter. Gee, why didn't Doc think of that? Maybe Hollywood should create another Back to the Future film with a souped-up DeLorean.

While building his dream car, he faced several engineering challenges:

1.) How do you access the Mac Mini Boot button on the back of the computer?
2.) How do you reliably power the Mac Mini?
3.) Where and how do you run that mess of A/V cables that the car just wasn't designed for?

4.) And how do you really get a decent-sized screen?

Ryan explains that many carputers today don 7-inch screens from either Liliput or Xenarc. But he felt that running a Mac on a 7-inch screen at less than 640x480 resolution and adding video projection on a 37-inch screen was way cooler.

I don't want to go into any further details of the technical aspects of this project without sounding like an idiot, so I'll just point you to the DeLorean Mac Mini site so you can check it out.

Now all Brandys needs is the Flux Capacitor.

[via engadget]