French Use Space Tech To Find Parking Spots

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 3, 2011 @01:06PM from the arguments-nasa-can-use dept.

itwbennett writes "Using technology developed by French space agency CNES (Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales) to explore the planet Venus, drivers in the city of Toulouse are discovering something much more down-to-earth: vacant parking spots. The system is based on 3,000 sensors buried just under the pavement that detect changes in the electromagnetic environment around them and communicate the results via coaxial cable to a server, which makes the information available in real time to drivers' smartphones."

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Re:Can they try using it to find razors? by Dhalka226 · 2011-01-03 13:34 · Score: 4, Insightful

You made a joke about the French being cowards and their women having too much hair! Hahahahahaha! That is both clever and original sir, i salute you! The only thing I can't understand is why you posted anonymously and denied yourself credit for such hilarity!