This week, GM announced a new vehicle technology called, V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communication. Used in conjuction with GPS and in-car sensors, GM proposes to allow vehicles to communicate speed, position and other status indicators such as a hard-braking condition to all of the vehicles within a quarter mile.
Sounds too good to be true right? GM intends to prevent blind-spot accidents and rear-end accidents into stopped traffic, and notify drivers of approaching emergency vehicles, traffic congestion and other "traffic intelligence."
GM failed to mention this, but it also eliminates the need for radar and laser speed detectors. Police can just watch a monitor with the speed of every car on the road, from their cruiser or the station or maybe they'll outsource speeding tickets to India. Also, criminals may be able to use this technology to evade the police. If police cruiser V2V transponders can be identified, then criminals can watch their own monitor to avoid crossing paths with the five-oh.
On a brighter note, maybe V2V can be used as a dating service. When two single people pull up to a traffic light together, V2V will hail the other vehicle and you can get a peak of your anonymous drive-through date before approving the transfer of your phone number to the other car.
Endless possibilities for this intelligent design. (Do you think using the phrase "intelligent design" is going to create a spike in readership?)
Hat tip to Wired.
2005-10-26
2005-10-04
ABC News: Strikes, protests put pressure on French govt
ABC News: Strikes, protests put pressure on French govt: "The strike was called by all of France's main trade unions over low pay, a high unemployment of 9.9 percent of the workforce, falling living standards and a new law which makes it easier for small firms to sack staff. They also want to preserve the 35-hour working week."
That is the funniest thing I have ever heard! We want more pay, but we won't work more than 35 hours a week and we want lower unemployment.
Do the French think that money grows on trees?
That is the funniest thing I have ever heard! We want more pay, but we won't work more than 35 hours a week and we want lower unemployment.
Do the French think that money grows on trees?
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