London » It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away. A pro-privacy group warns in a new report that more than 2.6 million of the chips have been surreptitiously installed in what is seen as a first step toward charging those who toss too much. ... Read more
In the months now, but specifically on the 17th (Tuesday), the French National Assembly approved on first instance, a law called LOPPSI II (in free translation = Orientation Law and Security Program for the Interior). A report published by the RSS technology questions about the "Limits on the Internet, they are kind of censorship or protection, that among the proposals because of this law is the possibility that the install trojans on computers to track people, among other things. ... Read more
The District Primary Care Sevilla is implementing a security system that includes a panic button and GPS in the 12 ambulances that make up its own fleet, located near the military hospital in order to strengthen the security of its professionals. ... Read more
MOSCOW, 3 February (RIA Novosti). The Russian system GLONASS ERA (emergency call) will be fully compatible with the analog European eCall system. ... Read more
Anti Speed Driving Order backed by leading telematics company. Drivers who repeatedly break the law by speeding should have their vehicles tagged to constantly monitor their behaviour behind the wheel. ... Read more
At 88, Grif Crawford knows he's at risk of a fall or other sudden health problem. So he wears a pendant around his neck that can summon help if something goes wrong. "It's kind of like life insurance," said Crawford, of Lee Summit, Mo. "I feel very comforted with this." ... Read more
The advanced monitoring system patented by the AC-Consult CNP was created to fulfill the obligation imposed by the new Highway Code to institutions own the roads, to establish and keep up to date cartography, land surveying roads and related appliances. ... Read more
Autoliv has announced it has been selected as a partner to participate in the recently announced alcohol sensing feasibility project co-sponsored by the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ... Read more
Successfully applying technology in a car is harder than it sounds. Just look at the flack BMW has caught for its difficult iDrive system, or the only-recent entry of Lexus into the telematics market. General Motors, as painfully off as it may be at times, has nailed this area with its OnStar system, grabbing another headline today for saving the car of the daughter of Senator Bob Corker. ... Read more
U.S. cyber activists develop a guidance system in the desert.It is intended to migrants who cross the border between Mexico and the United States. ... Read more
The European Commission today stepped up legal action against Italy because Italian emergency services still do not receive information about the location of people who dial 112 – Europe’s single emergency number – from mobile phones despite a previous judgement of the European Court of Justice. ... Read more
London 17th November 2009 - Derby City Council is working with Simplytrak and Wireless Logic to install vehicle tracking technology within its fleet of vehicles in order to track the whereabouts and behaviour of its fleet, as a result of an increase in the number of complaints of ‘improper gritting’. ... Read more
Statistics show drivers over the age of 55 are some of the safest on the road. While young drivers are known for risky behaviour, older drivers are less likely to speed, less likely to drink and drive and more likely to follow the rules of the road. When they do crash, they are more likely to hurt only themselves and their cars rather than anyone else. ... Read more
Data security, and its link to liability for system failures, is crucial. Here are some ways European firms are meeting the challenge. ... Read more
A new EU project SARTRE is being launched to develop and test technology for vehicles that can drive themselves in long road trains on motorways. This technology has the potential to improve traffic flow and journey times, offer greater comfort to drivers, reduce accidents, and improve fuel consumption and hence lower CO2 emissions. ... Read more
Adrenaline car theft. The spread of electronics in modern cars makes life impossible for the thieves and is the same FBI in America to give the good news with the latest data in 2008 have disappeared 956 thousand cars against 1.7 million in 1991.The news is over the front page on the popular USA Today but also Europe and Italy, confirming the phenomenon. ... Read more
WASHINGTON - Japanese researchers have come up with a computer program, which can tell if you are about to die by listening to your voice when you make an emergency call. ... Read more
A team of researchers from Auburn University found that GPS can be used as an early warning system and can prevent serious car accident, predicting when a car can lose control. GPS should work in conjunction with an existing set of sensors in the vehicle stability and will improve their work, correcting mistakes in time. ... Read more
Road safety is high on the EU agenda and researchers are rising to the challenge of developing innovative in-vehicle technologies for industry and consumers. The euroFOT ('European field operational test on active safety functions in vehicles') project, supported under the 'Information and Communication Technologies' (ICT) Thematic area of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) with funding totalling almost EUR 14 million, is working to identify and coordinate in-field testing of new intelligent vehicle systems for better quality of European road traffic. ... Read more
SNCF is looking at ways of using tha latest technology to further enahnce barrier free access of the rail transport system for the region of Greater Paris. ... Read more
The Nissan Intelligent Transport System ITS is a new technology that combines mobile phone communications and vehicle telematics to help prevent pedestrian-related accidents. The Nissan Intelligent Transport System ITS has entered a testing stage in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. The testing of the Nissan Intelligent Transport System ITS involves 500 pedestrians, 200 drivers and the NTT DoCoMo Inc, the largest mobile network operator in Japan. ... Read more
The ambulance fleet operating in Lorca conducts an average of 620 daily medical transport services in the territory of the third area of health, with an average of 10 to 15 minutes of time of arrival at the emergency. ... Read more
PUEBLA, Mexico - The Mexican city of Puebla (center) put into circulation on Tuesday a total of 35 taxis for women only, informed the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. Taxis, pink, are driven by female drivers and have GPS and a device connected to an emergency response center immediately. ... Read more
WASHINGTON -- Drive-by-texting will likely be illegal soon enough for truckers and bus drivers in the U.S. The Department of Transportation wants its Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration branch to begin working on a bill that would ban text messaging and restrict the use of cell phones and possibly other modes of telematics technology while operating a commercial vehicle or passenger bus. ... Read more
In connection with the launch of the all-new Volvo S60 in 2010, Volvo Cars will be unveiling the next generation of preventive safety technology. Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake and Pedestrian Safety. The new safety functions represent the next stage in Volvo Cars’ continuous development of technology to detect risky situations and help the driver avoid accidents. ... Read more
Getting people out of crahsed cars is becoming increasingly difficult. The same measures that safe many lives are can at the same time prensent an obstacle for the rescue teams needing to remove the vicitims of road incidents from thei vehicles.
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The road-safety visions of society, politics, business and science haven now been clearly defined as "Vision Zero (Accident-Free Mobility)" and "Safety for All". The "Ko-FAS" (Cooperative Vehicle Safety) research initiative has set itself the goal of implementing these visions. ... Read more
In Austria, in an average of 150 to 200 children reported as missing. Most of this appears in a very short time. Most of them are here to runaway, fleeing from home. In the U.S., is currently a new trend is underway which will make it easier to quickly locate missing children and young people to: GPS control systems for children. ... Read more
Women drivers in the UK place safety as their number one priority when buying a car. That's according to research by the 'eSafetyAware!' Campaign for the AA, which also found that women are 30% less likely to know about certain safety features than men. ... Read more
The system of geo-referenced, for now, works only in the district of Lisbon, but early next year will be extended to the whole country. ... Read more
Maintaining correct tire inflation pressure across a fleet of trucks and trailers is a challenge of biblical proportions. Even if road damage and punctures weren’t an issue, a tire will lose a couple of pounds of pressure a month through osmosis. Pick up a nail or a bit of steel somewhere and a tire could drop to half its operating pressure in less than a day – if it’s not completely ruined. ... Read more
How to make roads safer? The partners working on the SAFESPOT project believe that the combination of data from sensors along the road in trucks and automobiles, will significantly reduce accidents and help to understand how to prevent, for example, situations that put lives in danger on icy roads. Drivers receive alerts and tips, for road signs or directly on the dashboard, and have the time to protect themselves. ... Read more
Somewhere a computer screen is monitoring every footstep of twin boys running around the Gallivan Center. It is showing when they dart from one corner to the next and indicates a safe 70-degree temperature at their location. If the children get scared, or even worse, if a predator snatches them, they can reach for a golf-ball-size device dangling off their bodies and press the small center button for help. Within 30 seconds, up to five adults would get an SOS text message on their cell phones. ... Read more
In the past, some towns sirens were installed in Germany to warn people of floods, major fires or chemical accidents. Today, however, no longer exists such an alarm system, since most of the sirens have been dismantled since the end of the Cold War. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Technological Trend Analysis INT Euskirchen wish that people were put on guard by the car horn. ... Read more
To avoid the hijacking of ambulances, medical teams are adopting security measures.Among them, lower the lights, turn off the giroflex and siren, turn on the light inside the cabin of the vehicle and cut the communication radio. ... Read more
In connection with the increased number of accidents on Russian roads, and increased severity of accidents president of the Association of International Carriers (ASMAP) Eugene Moskvichev appealed to the leaders of road companies to take measures to improve road safety. In particular, President of ASMAP asked to conduct additional training for drivers with a view to the strict observance of traffic rules and modes of work and rest, to ensure medical examinations of drivers and technical inspection of vehicles. ... Read more
Iridium Satellite announced that in conjunction with the Boeing Company have reached two important goals for further development and demonstration of improved GPS features high resistance to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. The first objective, the completion of Superior narrowband modification programs on satellites Iridium, allows for the broadcasting subsidiary of second-generation GPS signals through the whole group of satellites Iridium. These broadcast signals will allow more accurately find the situation on GPS, than with existing technologies. ... Read more
First UK Bus - the UK's largest bus operator - is to install new technology to monitor how well its 9,000 buses are being driven.The system, from telematics company GreenRoad, will assess drivers' performance by analysing how well they perform manoeuvres such as cornering and breaking. ... Read more
In connection with the increased number of accidents on Russian roads, and increased severity of accidents, the president of the Association of International Carriers (ASMAP) Eugene Moskvichev appealed to the leaders of road companies to take measures to improve road safety. ... Read more
Berlin - The motorway A 2 between Hanover and Berlin will ever "death route" mentioned. Serious accidents involving deaths and injuries are on the 200 kilometers of well above average. The most spectacular was the previously Massenkarambolage west of Brunswick, in last Sunday 259 vehicles collided. 66 people were injured. ... Read more
Most drivers have done it: misjudged a bend in the road and only realized they are travelling too fast when they start wrestling the wheel to stay safely in their lane. A new safety system developed by Nissan could put an end to such situations by warning drivers if they are approaching a curve too fast. ... Read more
The Fire Department of Londrina opened the bidding process for the purchase of 11 Global Positioning equipment - GPS. ... Read more
Riding the isolated back roads of Appalachian West Virginia, Jim Ford watched with delight as one of the four motorcyclists in his Master Rider’s workshop smoothly and efficiently “danced” his BMW 1200 GA GS Adventure through a series of mountain curves. His delight turned to shock, when the rider suddenly swung wide, lost control and was catapulted from the high side of his motorcycle, which rolled over repeatedly before coming to rest in an oily heap. ... Read more
The Minister for Equality, Bibiana Aidoo, will present tomorrow the GPS bracelets for the location of abuse, a system announced last year that provided in telematics control enforcement of restraining orders in cases of gender violence. ... Read more
Vitoria, June 29 (EFE) .- The Alavesa County has developed a GPS system for the exact location of the scattered hamlets which will allow the emergency services can arrive as soon as possible to these houses in case of emergencies. ... Read more
A hi-tech system to improve road safety and reduce accidents by warning drivers when they are exceeding the speed limit is to be developed in the East Midlands, thanks to an £83,000 grant. The development of the so-called Driver Behaviour System by engineers at Derby and Loughborough universities - working with CLC of Loughborough and IDC (Intelligent Distributed Control) of Derby - has been awarded the first Higher Education Collaboration grant by Transport iNet; a business-led network promoting transport equipment development. ... Read more
The City of Valencia has presented a new tool that will help the fight against forrest fire also in areas with no internet coverage. ... Read more
A chip embedded in a shoe is the new invention for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, a technology which would allow the user to be monitored in real time and thus avoid losing track of them. ... Read more
UK-based ASL Safety & Security has developed an intelligent ambient noise sensing system that improves audibility of train platform announcements.Conventional noise sensing equipment at transport hubs takes a crude sample of background activity before the broadcast and cannot adjust for varying background noise. ASL's Dynamic Ambient Noise Sensing (DANS) system uses digital signal processing to distinguish ambient noise from the announcement and continuously optimise the volume level. ... Read more
The disappearance of Flight Air France raises questions about the technical procedures for locating an aircraft across a wide area without radar. The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Air France flight generated a need to know how to locate the precise location of a stricken aircraft. Different types of technologies such as GPS or services such as Google Latitude portable devices to become publicly available for those who want to know the exact location of a vehicle or individual. However, in commercial aviation and the picture is different in some of the planet, over seas or deserts, it is difficult to know what was the point in which it was a plane before a crash. ... Read more
Has a range of mobile phones for elementary and middle school students. With the ability to restrict access to any websites harmful to kids and crime prevention buzzer to inform the surrounding danger. ... Read more
Shijiazhuang City Taxi GPS LED security and information release system has been five months of project implementation, in order to allow everyone to learn more about the project construction and operation of the system, the true feelings of the majority of the taxi system for the benefits of the owners, a few days ago, the Urban System of Political Science and Law Co-ordination Group Project Office Director Yang Li accepted an interview with reporters, and on all issues of concern to the answer. ... Read more
The Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul began on Monday morning of an operation against a gang of theft of cargo in cities around the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. The corporation, a truck was used as bait with GPS during the operation to reach the deposit. ... Read more
There are people who have changed their lifestyle and others prefer to hire security guards or a package-tracking of individuals comprising a satellite vehicle tracking system, or an adaptive device for persons with an identification chip implanted in the body human called "VeriChip". ... Read more
In England, a mother forced the child to carry a portable GPS, the size of a credit card, as it travels on your gap year (period of extended leave). ... Read more
A man gets in an accident and is located by dispatchers through the GPS system on his cell phone. ... Read more
The finding is instructive: in 2008 in Cameroon, 30 transit 000 titles were issued at the port of Douala, 28% of values reported in the import, but only 49% of transactions have followed the standards. These figures from the Director General of Customs, reflect dysfunctions observed in the output circuit of the goods at the port. According to Ms. Liboma Likeng Minette, it is now question of corrections, with a view to greater efficiency in the industry that displays an increasingly healthy economy. ... Read more
A Puffin could soon be New Zealand’s best friend, but don't worry, the national bird's quite safe. Puffin is the name of a new type of pedestrian crossing, that research overseas suggests saves lives.‘Puffin’ stands for Pedestrian User Friendly Intelligent Crossing, and Hutt City Council is trying it out. ... Read more
Five local and foreign companies in Guatemala began to assemble a new type of passenger bus in Guatemala City that have pre-paid system and video cameras to improve service and raise the deteriorating security in the units, target of attacks. In February this year a driver was gunned down in Guatemala City. Over the past 14 months, 155 drivers and assistants were killed. ... Read more
At a recent event in Amsterdam, the European APROSYS project showed off some of its results in the field of Advanced Protection Systems for road users. Demonstrations included a crash-test dummy that better mimics side-impact injuries to women, a safety jacket for motorcyclists, new vehicle and infrastructure design criteria, and advanced protection systems for road users. ... Read more
Talking on the phone while driving can be distracting and cause accidents. El 30% de los siniestros con muertos, de hecho, son consecuencia de un despiste al volante. 30% of claims with the dead, in fact, are the result of an oversight at the wheel. Few people seem to be aware of risks every day, Mossos d'Esquadra 40 drivers punished for committing this offense. The traffic officers have begun a campaign of seven days during which apply zero tolerance to those who use their car as if it were an office. ... Read more
Ontario Ministry of Transportation experts are convinced that automated FAST (Fixed Automated Spray Technology) de-icing systems are helping to make the province’s bridges and roads safer.They consist of an Advanced Road Weather Information System (ARWIS) station which has pavement sensors and a liquid distribution system that coats the structure with potassium acetate, an environmentally-friendly product that is non-corrosive and does not attack concrete and steel. ... Read more
DESPITE years of promoting their latest safety innovations as reason enough to buy a new car, automakers have sometimes made it tough for buyers to actually get those features. Shoppers can find themselves with no choice but to buy additional option packages, or even a more expensive model, to get equipment they consider essential ... Read more
"The first minutes after an automobile accident are critical," according to the New York Times. "Not only do emergency medical workers need to be notified promptly, but they must know whether passengers have injured vital organs, broken bones or hurt their necks. Yet, getting this data can be difficult if the passengers are incapable of relaying it. BMW is trying to change that." ... Read more
The project, entitled "Shinobu", will enable blind and partially sighted people to choose the best route when traveling in town, thanks to information provided by voice via their mobile phones. ... Read more
According to CCW Research (CCWResearch) latest research report "China's 2005-2006 development trend of automotive electronics market research report" Research shows that with the people's car comfort, safety, environmental requirements can be met and continuous improvement, automotive safety systems accounted for the proportion of automotive electronic products is getting higher and higher, from 2006 to 2009 China's automotive safety systems will be continued growth in market size, market sales, the average annual compound growth rate will exceed 30 percent, expected 2006 sales of automotive safety systems market reached 16.97 billion Yuan, and its year-on-year growth rate will reach 33.8 percent. ... Read more
This was announced Ariadna Montiel, director general of the agency, who said that a group of Israeli security experts are already working on the formation of a manual for service operators, who will also be trained in security, human rights, rights of children, among others. ... Read more
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- ATX Group, the leading independent provider of telematics services to global automobile manufacturers, announced today the deployment of the BMW Assist(TM) enhanced Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) application for most 2009 and later BMW models. This represents the next step forward in the rapid and appropriate deployment of emergency response following a vehicle accident. ... Read more
According to the World Report by the WHO and World Bank of 2004, 1.2 million people were killed and 20 to 50 million seriously injured worldwide in 2002. An estimated 35 million people have been killed in car crashes worldwide until now. The dimensions exceed by far those of wars. Mr. Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nation said in his message on World Health Day 2004: “Road safety can prevent needless suffering, but does not happen by chance” . ... Read more
The UK government’s Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) and the Motorists’ Forum (MF) recently issued a joint report evaluating the impact of implementing an Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) system across the entire road network on reducing deaths and injuries on the UK roads and on reducing fuel consumption and emissions of CO2 and criteria pollutants. ... Read more
Not a bit of Israeli companies try to protect the driver against accidents during the journey, not all are happy to sign them ... Read more
From January all vehicles for security, such as patrols, ambulances, firefighters, etc., will have a GPS device to be located and monitored. ... Read more
The secret weapon that will put an end to-speed chase (code name of chases) was developed by General Motors. The device is called OnStar and will be fitted by January on a first installment of GM luxury models like the Cadillac CTS and Chevrolet Corvette, the favorite among thieves and robbers. Then, if run properly, its installation can be extended to all models of the house. ... Read more
This is a pilot for establishing the level of user satisfaction with respect to this system of GPS bracelet, with which patients in different situations coexist for several weeks. It is the first time that a government takes charge of this project and Motril is a pioneer in Andalusia. ... Read more
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - December 15, 2008) - According to a recent study of business managers commissioned by TeleNav, Inc., 48 percent of businesses with mobile workers have no way of knowing where those employees are located at any given moment. In addition to raising accountability issues, this also makes responding to distressed workers virtually impossible. ... Read more
Key2safedriving has developed a car-key jammer that stops cell-phone use while driving. When the key is in the ignition, the driver cannot use the phone. When the key is removed, phone service is restored. Inventors Wallace Curry and Xuesong Zhou developed the Key2safedriving product based on Curry's own experiences. ... Read more
According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers statistics, every year China lost a variety of car a few 1,000,000, billions of property damage, or even a large number of car owners faced with a threat to the safety. Security, "there are car owners," the most concern. ... Read more
(AGI) - Rome, Dec. 10. - 1000 pink boxes will arrive sonn be installed into 1000 cars driven by female drivers to provide greater safety an security. 'Pink box' is a satellite device to be used on cars driven by women, for immediate relief in the event of an accident, failure to your car, illness or aggression. ... Read more
Cross Country Automotive Services (Cross Country) announced today that it has conducted its one-millionth accident scene recovery event. The milestone underscores the demand for and proven success of Cross Country's Accident Management Services developed to address the specific needs of property casualty insurers and their policyholders. ... Read more
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is going to use mobile phones to support regional development and support creation of a mobile phone business who seek to raise the quality of life for marginalized groups. ... Read more
HONDA is working to save motorcyclists from accidents by taking away the most common excuse of motorists who hit them: “I didn’t see him.” ... Read more
The intelligent automobile systems can help "reduce congestion, pollution and the number and severity of road accidents." And 'what the House approving - with 417 votes in favor, 6 against and 5 abstentions - the report by Zita Gurmai (PSE, HU), which welcomes the initiative for the "Intelligent Car" ... Read more
The aim is to develop an electronic system "friend of the driver" and extend it to the full range of vehicles Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia. ... Read more
The government delegate for Gender Violence, Miguel Lorente, said today that the government is considering to launch a new model for batterers bracelet in March or April 2009. El nuevo sistema será "multi-alarma", esto es, estará conectado a diversos puntos para garantizar su efectividad en caso de producirse algún fallo. The new system will be "multi-alarm", ie be connected to various points to ensure its effectiveness in the event of any failure. ... Read more
Cybit believes that the legislation will trigger further interest in the role of telematics in relation to work related road safety, as an increasing number of companies look to new technology in order to monitor their workforce. ... Read more
Project for the introduction of GPS monitoring ambulances in Barnaul, which began earlier this year, will be completed within the next month, told GPSearch.Org the press service of city administration. ... Read more
GM's OnStar today announced a significant milestone for in-vehicle safety and emergency medical response. Over the course of the past 12 years, its Automatic Crash Response (ACR) technology has aided subscribers and others on the nation's roadways in more than 100,000 crash incidents. ... Read more
The satellite tracking is one of the areas that have more advanced technologies in recent years. The transport vehicles from companies like Prosegur incorporate tracking devices to monitor their location, and military fleets of naval and air transport already have systems of this type. ... Read more
Nissan announced the start of testing in Japan for two new services dedicated to road safety. Both systems are targeted to users of computerized CARWINGS navigation, and are capable of knowing in advance is more slippery road and see the images through the crossings and the weather on some Japanese mountain passes. ... Read more
For auto dealer Annette Sykora, the promise of the connected vehicle is only beginning to come true. But she is upbeat about telematics--another term for the connected vehicle--because her customers are. ... Read more
High Point Auto Insurance today launched a Statewide Safety Initiative, a much-needed, comprehensive program in the state that immediately addresses an ongoing need for safety awareness on our roads. High Point Auto Insurance announces that GM's OnStar is a founding partner. ... Read more
Engineers and designers are racing to make the safest car possible - we take a peek at how it may look
No more crashes? As the British International Motor Show opens next week, it's worth noting that this could be a landmark year for safer driving.
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Is July the month of the year in which there are more road accidents. And it is precisely in this period that motorists feel the need for more services for assistance. Viasat launches SOS-Call. ... Read more
We are immersed in a technological revolution in the automotive industry. " 'The cars are broken and no longer be reprogrammed are fixed. " ... Read more
Hughes Telematics has announced its exclusive partnership with Intrado, provider of the core of North America's 9-1-1 infrastructure and instrumental in the evolution of the nation's emergency communications network for the past thirty years. ... Read more
Keruve Spanish is an invention that consists of two devices, first a clock that integrates a GPS locator on the inside, and the other a receiver of the signal with a screen. ... Read more
Location Based Technologies, a service provider of personal locator devices and services, announced it has commenced pilot production of its PocketFinder family of location devices at the Le Mans, France facility of Jabil Circuit, its manufacturing partner. ... Read more
They are the leading cause of accidents on the road, ahead even of violations or inappropriate speed ... Read more
The EU is far from its 2010 target of reducing by 50% the number of casualties in road accidents compared to 2001. The EP adopted a report which proposed to include the European eCall emergency system as standard equipment in all new vehicles from 2010. ... Read more
It stressed that the systems of intelligent cars can help reduce congestion, pollution and the number and severity of road accidents. Calls then promote the eSafety initiative and introduce incentives for environmentally friendly equipment and security and a system of emergency calls on board. ... Read more
Global Mobile Alert expects its traffic intersection alert system to be a household name in the near future. Global Mobile Alert is designed to use the GPS chip incorporated within the hardware of GPS-enabled navigation devices and mobile phones. The solution alerts a driver's attention to an approaching traffic intersection by emitting a distinct chirping sound to refocus the driver's attention back on the road. ... Read more
Volvo and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a new method for monitoring driver status, which adapts the vehicle control system according to the driver, vehicle, or traffic status.
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SYNC drivers stay more focused on the road. Study shows that talking and listening while driving - such as placing a phone call through SYNC™ voice commands - was not riskier than just driving and two-and-a-half times less risky than manually dialing while driving. ... Read more
The Platform for Social Welfare, made by the Provincial Government of Huesca, Red Cross, the Vodafone Foundation and the Carlos III Health Institute, is launching a service in Huesca pioneer of GPS location for people with Alzheimer's or other dementia. ... Read more
How can it get there? Continue to operate as a fast-paced and innovative tech company under the General Motors Corp. umbrella. By operating differently from the rest of GM, the telematics company has been able to grow. ... Read more
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