[McGurky]

well you could still have i/o ports via usb. I think that using a touch pc such as the classmate would be neat to play around with the dash board with labview. So in theory if they allow doing this, we could have a much larger amount of booleans and knobs and lights that was offered through last years drivers station. Although they are not a physical control, they still work for the purpose! You could also buy a joystick such as last years($25 on newegg) and use the electronics as a usb interface for all of you physical switches, or possibly first will include something of the such with the control system. Really only time will tell (either kickoff or if they release it sooner)

-McGurky