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News Yet various companies are developing high tech in-car systems to embed far more driver-assistance technology into vehicles, with plans to wirelessly connect cars to the internet and each other in future, bringing far greater scope for driver... [22 Jul 2008]
Artificial Intelligence - alive and kicking
News These include applications such as engine management systems in cars which use elements of AI to react as road conditions change. Artificial intelligence technology (AI) is being used all around us but don't expect any philosophical discussions... [10 Jul 2008]
Only one in 10 Brits recycle old mobiles
News Markus Terho, director of environmental affairs, markets at Nokia, said in a statement: "If all of the three billion people that own mobile phones globally brought back just one unused device we could save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials and... [09 Jul 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News The plate number, car colour and entry time of an estimated 600,000 cars per day are being kept by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for five years. Mobile ANPR cameras used in Manchester over the past two years have already resulted in police... [05 Jun 2008]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News TfL is preparing to trial a more advanced system that slows speeding vehicles by reducing the throttle, the Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) system will be tested on 10 TfL cars and vans. Sat-navs that warn drivers not to speed or can even slow the... [15 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News Europe is well on the way to introducing the eCall automatic emergency call system and several Latin American countries are considering mandatory tracking devices on all new cars to combat epidemic vehicle crime. [06 May 2008]
Thieves foiled by 'phone home' computers
News This tracking technology has already proven itself useful for recovering large numbers of cars, its success rate is about 95 per cent, and we hope it will do the same for computers. Security from A to Z [14 Apr 2008]
'CopNav' to track Met's police officers
News The Met's tracking ability is currently limited to monitoring the whereabouts of squad cars. Every police officer in London is to be tracked using a new electronic tagging system that will be able to pinpoint their location out on the beat to... [11 Apr 2008]
Skin-detecting CCTV keeps an eye on motorists
News A company that has developed a CCTV system which counts people in cars by detecting human skin claims the London Congestion Charge could benefit from the technology. It is now touting a commercial application of the tech that can be used for... [26 Feb 2008]
London calls time on gas-guzzling vehicles with ANPR
News Cars and motorcycles are exempt. London's Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) is using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology to limit the number of high emissions vehicles entering the city. The zone is designed to reduce the level of harmful... [14 Feb 2008]
Virtualisation - a CIO's best friend?
News Meyer was keen to translate the quad-core energy savings into eco capital - describing the benefit as being equivalent 'to taking 100 cars off the road for a year' or representing 'enough energy to power 50 households'. [14 Sep 2007]
Tomorrow's robots - our invisible friends?
News Rather than conscious brains-in-a-box, as Hollywood would have it, they are in fact small pieces of adaptive and flexible software that help drive our cars, diagnose disease and provide opponents in computer games. [11 Sep 2007]
Mobile rail ticketing 'on track in Midlands by 2012'
News The scheme is in line with guidelines from the Department for Transport designed to coax travellers out of their cars and onto public transport. UK public transport giant Go Ahead Group has pledged to have 50 per cent of journeys on its London... [02 Aug 2007]
silicon.com competition winner meets Lewis Hamilton
News As well as his two laps in the SLR with Hamilton, Smith also had the chance to drive a modified car on a skid pan as well as a Caterham 7 sports cars. Lucky silicon.com reader Bryan Smith met up with Brit F1 sensation Lewis Hamilton last Thursday... [31 Jul 2007]
Yahoo! gets smart about online ads
News For instance, instead of just seeing a generic ad for a Toyota Prius, a woman in San Francisco who conducts research on hybrid cars on Yahoo! Yahoo! just upped the ante in the display advertising space. [02 Jul 2007]
