Friday, February 4, 2005, 09:29 AM
read an article on the way in which wireless will one day help in the support of cars. There is a new protocol being developed for the use of transmitting important information based on the road ahead. Accedent and traffic hotspots seem to be the favorite, although with time the link will double for consumer applications such as multiplayer gaming between passengers in different cars.
But what about control, there is talk about this new protocol being used to actually control braking and to nagotiate junctions and slip roads to allow smooth flowing traffic.
BMW who are already looking at car-to-car connected networks are specifically looking at extending the reach of sensors by providing information about the drivind corridor.
Makers of the system are so confident that the system will work at the high speeds that they have already built a prototype of the system. Using GPS they can transmit data accross a geographic area, they admit in these early stages implementations would be simple. But in time they are expecting integration into navigation systems as well as passing on data enhanced by its own knowledge.
The hardware is expecting to be based on a Mini-iTx board for processing sensor information coming from the engine control unit, ABS activation and other modules. The software is likly to be installed remotly presumably with some sort os security so that hackers and alike can not re-program them.
With all this sophisticated technology being put into cars and the current state of the internet, we only hope the level of security is good enough to protect the enhancements we will one day rely on. Only time will tell as we way up the cost of technology and information against the cost of lives.
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( 3 / 2218 )Thursday, January 13, 2005, 08:22 AM
Sitting here wait for my computer to boot, it seems strange how long it takes for the computer to actually start. in the old days of 486's and pentiums, I feel that the amount of time to start a computer seems to take similar times comparing standards of software at the time.
Just thinking, actually how long did it take to boot 98 to a desktop on a pentium, compared with how long it takes my Pentium M 1400 Gigawhat ever to boot my XP.
Have we really made progress on the speed of computers, well in terms of functionality I supose yes, showing how diffecult it was to get USB working in my win 95 machine working.
But thinking about it, how usful is the card reader in my laptop with added software, and firewire and video out.. etc if I don't really use it.
The standard of life is changing with the added features included just in case you need them attitude.. Maybe I am just slow with keeping up.
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