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EU Reserves a Frequency For Talking Cars
Iddo Genuth writes "The European Commission has recently decided to reserve, across Europe, part of the radio spectrum for smart vehicle communications systems. The decision is part of the Commission's overall fight against road accidents and traffic jams, and the hope is that vehicles' developers will create wireless communication technology that will allow cars to 'talk' to other cars and to the road infrastructure providers."
But KITT always talked on the human audible range... Can you reserve that? Talk about road noise...
I can see my wife come home saying "Honey, the car has crashed..." And not a scratch on the paint..
To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
The RI/MPAA will be suing car providers for allowing illegal C2C movie sharing. :V
Knows everything about nothing and nothing about everything.
Just wait until we have car viruses. We could have cars that don't start, cars that seek out head-on collisions, and cars that start playing Rick Astley when you're out on a date.
...HAL. "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." ... not until you've cleaned up under the seat.
> Better dead than Smeg!
Or worse, we end up with the iCar. Every car will have the same numberplate "STEVE", and will only drive to places on Apple's white list.
In Chicago, the moment the light goes green, all the cars start honking their horns.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Are you suggesting we mount gun turrets on trains so they would be able to blast their way through stalled cars and suicidees? Should cut down on delays, that's for sure.