Automakers Working on Car-to-Car Ad-Hoc Networks
12-21-2004, 11:53 AM
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Automakers Working on Car-to-Car Ad-Hoc Networks
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...id=193&tid=126
"The Register is reporting that BMW, Audi, Daimler Chrysler, Volkswagen, Renault and Fiat are working with a German government grant to help develop a standard method for car-to-car wireless networking dubbed 'NOW' (Network On Wheels). NOW is based on 802.11 and IPv6 to allow inter-vehicle communication based on ad-hoc networking to share traffic information. With routing capabilities, the hope is the vehicles will be able to warn each other - and the drivers - about bad weather, accidents and road problems. A prototype is expected by mid-2005 with field trials to start late Q1 2006."
This idea sounds very cool. I've always wanted to be able to remotely turn off all VW's while in the middle of highway speed traveling. :chuckles:
Jesting asside... this sounds like a nice idea. Real time traffic and weather updates from other cars that are on the same road as you, instead of some fat weather guy in a nice warm studio, is very appealing.
"The Register is reporting that BMW, Audi, Daimler Chrysler, Volkswagen, Renault and Fiat are working with a German government grant to help develop a standard method for car-to-car wireless networking dubbed 'NOW' (Network On Wheels). NOW is based on 802.11 and IPv6 to allow inter-vehicle communication based on ad-hoc networking to share traffic information. With routing capabilities, the hope is the vehicles will be able to warn each other - and the drivers - about bad weather, accidents and road problems. A prototype is expected by mid-2005 with field trials to start late Q1 2006."
This idea sounds very cool. I've always wanted to be able to remotely turn off all VW's while in the middle of highway speed traveling. :chuckles:
Jesting asside... this sounds like a nice idea. Real time traffic and weather updates from other cars that are on the same road as you, instead of some fat weather guy in a nice warm studio, is very appealing.
12-21-2004, 12:41 PM
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For years I have wanted some kind of intercom where I could yell at the idiots sharing the road with me to get out of the way, turn on their headlights, or fix whatever other stupid thing it was they were doing at the time. Perhaps now it will become a reality!
12-21-2004, 01:06 PM
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:chuckles: that would be nice.
Or how about some kind of rating system? You can rate people on a 1-5, if they have a low rating you get a warning as you get near them.
Or how about some kind of rating system? You can rate people on a 1-5, if they have a low rating you get a warning as you get near them.
