TECHNONEWS * Europe & USA - Buses as mobile sensing platforms?
According to European researchers, modern buses could be used as mobile sensing platforms, sending out live information to be used to control traffic and detect road hazards
Jackson, TN,USA -Smart Mobs, by Roland Piquepaille -June 6, 2008: -- ... The 3.83 million euro EU-funded MORYNE project was completed in March 2008 with a test in Berlin, Germany. During this test, the researchers ‘equipped city buses with environmental sensors and cameras, allowing the vehicles to become transmitters of measurements, warnings and live or recorded videos to anyone allowed to access the data.’ … (See BBC Video: Buses 'could be road sensor hubs' )
* USA - "BUS"TING TERROR - Coach Lines install Anti-Hijacker tech
New York,NY,USA -The New York Post, by SUSAN EDELMAN & REUVEN BLAU -June 8, 2008 -- Authorities can now put the brakes on terrorists who hijack New York buses... Like something out of the movie "Speed," a new GPS device enables authorities to remotely control a bus - slowing it down to 5 mph and preventing it from restarting once it has stopped. The device has been installed on thousands of local commuter and tourist buses... The technology is designed to prevent a terrorist from ramming a bus filled with people and explosives into buildings or tunnels... Private bus companies have received millions of dollars from the Department of Homeland Security for the security systems. It costs $1,500 to equip each bus, with $50-per-bus monthly maintenance costs... (Photo: Several metro-area bus lines have gotten millions of dollars from the Department of Homeland Security for a new security system that can remotely stop hijacked city tourist and commuter buses in their tracks) Labels: technonews
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