road tech
RSS road techAre sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News The survey also suggested that sat-navs cause drivers to lose concentration on the road. Rory Choudhuri asked: "Would those drivers hesitating on a busy road, making a late turn, etc, have been any more or less distracted if they'd had an old... [24 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Back to the future
Comment I was down there to check out a broadband network that is being routed through the sewer - much quicker than digging up the road. It's a neat twist, to see such an old network being reused in such a high-tech way, and it got me thinking about the... [24 Jul 2008]
Sat-navs driving motorists to distraction
News Worrying effects on drivers include almost a fifth (19 per cent) of sat-nav users who said it caused them to dawdle or hesitate on a busy road; 18 per cent who said it reduced their awareness of what was going on around them; 11 per cent who said... [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. Tech Hotspots: The list 1. The technology is also seen in voice recognition tech and vision processing software. [10 Jul 2008]
In his own words: Bill Gates' best quotes
News From Gates' book, The Road Ahead (1995). As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can shake a stick at - but there have been some particularly insightful, bold and wide of the mark comments that stand out. [26 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up So much so, in fact, that half of road warriors admit they have resorted to working in pubs (yeah, right) two-thirds in busy restaurants - and one in six from toilets. Kurt Mroncz, UK sales and marketing director at Regus, said: "Many organisations... [20 Jun 2008]
Heather Jackson
CIO Profile Away from the office she enjoys doing anything outdoors including tennis, mountain bike riding, off road biking, running and hiking. Since graduating in History from Oxford University, Jackson's early working career involved a short time as a... [11 Jun 2008]
Manchester on the road to high tech transport
News Manchester is aiming to develop a world class transport system complete with high tech road charging technology and travel smartcards. The road charging technology will use tags and beacon technology - as seen in Sydney and Singapore - to charge... [10 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment Falling down stairs, crossing the road or animal attacks per year. Road deaths or medical malpractice worldwide per day. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… ¦ Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ¦ Naked CIO: The true cost of IT... [28 May 2008]
Carphone Warehouse's 'bumpy road' to outsourcing success
Case Study Speaking at the European Outsourcing Association Summit 2008, Robinson said: "The road to get here was very, very bumpy. The company uses some Indian providers, outsourcing testing to TCS, some level one and two infrastructure to HCL and service... [28 May 2008]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News A spokesman for TfL said: "This is the biggest scheme of its type in the country, we are working on a comprehensive map of every single road in the capital. Chris Line, TfL's road safety chief, recently told the transport select committee that such... [15 May 2008]
Video app the highway to healthy roads
News Hampshire County Council is trialling an extension to its road management systems with an asset-counting application based on video capture. The council is piloting the Yotta DCL MARCHpms pavement management system to process video data on its road... [12 May 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News Outside healthcare, the report points to many future applications of wireless tech in the transport sector, including road-to-vehicle and car-to-car comms technology to alert drivers to traffic jams to help reduce congestion; intelligent transport... [08 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Photo credit: South Wales Trunk Road Agency This month silicon.com senior reporter Nick Heath visited India to check out the high-tech goings on in Hyderabad and Chennai. Tech millionaire Nathan Myhrvold commissioned London's Science Museum to make... [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Discover high-tech India
Photo While the landscaped campuses live up the 'high-tech' name, the road network in Hyderabad is creaking under the strain. Bangalore is India's most famous offshore location but the city of Hyderabad is also one of the country's tech hotspots, and... [28 Apr 2008]
