Network-Centric Road Warriors
If BMW (among other manufacturers) have their way, the US Department of Defense may not be the only place the mantra "Every Platform a Sensor" is heard.
The automaker's "Connected Car" concept is being shown at the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (pics at CNET, after images of VW's hydrogen-powered HyMotion concept) in San Francisco this week and coming on the heels of last month's DARPA Grand Challenge success, it looks like smart cars, sharing information with each other, their drivers, and possibly the road network may be the 'tail fins' of the latter half of this decade.
(h/t Geekpress)
Comments
Mike:
I see this as a preliminary step (along with DARPA's recent contest) to automated automobiles.
Once robot cars demonstrate an ability to drive us faster and safer than we can drive, we'll be freed up to do other things during the ride.
-Stephen.
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November 8, 2005 12:06 PM