2.1+Transportation

= = =** STRAND 2: Business and employment > ** Transportation = "Airline reservation systems, navigation, package tracking, traffic control systems, IT systems in cars." [ITGS Guide: exams 2012, pg 23]



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Modelling, simulations || Strand3: Software || looking for a spot in a particular area - for a price." || Strand 3: Internet || Strand 3: Networks || Strand 3: Hardware, Software || Frequent flyer program. On-line bookings || Strand 1: Security, Privacy, Policies Strand 3: Internet, Databases || Raises issues of reliability and reliance on technology. || Strand 1: Reliability Strand 3: Hardware || Stand 3: Personal & public communications || Strand 3: Hardware, Software, Networks ||
 * **Link** || **Description** || **Links to Other Strands** ||
 * [|Driverless car] || Sydney Morning Herald: 'Take it easy, driver, McGoogles at the wheel' || Strand 1: Reliability ||
 * [|Self-drive car] || BBC News: Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car || Strand 1: Reliability ||
 * [|Air traffic control] || Ars technica 'The Science and technology of air traffic control' - explanation of technology present and some discussion of future || Strand 1: Reliability ||
 * [|BBC Click on line] || "How tech can find the cause of car crashes". An excellent video showing technology monitoring drivers and providing information in the case of accidents. || Strand 3:
 * [|The Register] || 'Trojan-ridden warning system implicated in Spanair crash' || Strand 1: Reliability
 * [|Would you pay for a good parking spot] || Smart Planet: "Parking Auction, a New York City-based start-up,has developed a mobile web application that allows drivers who are leaving a parking space to connect with those
 * [|The smarter city] || IBM: Links to case studies, simulations, information about smart traffic || Strand 3: simulations ||
 * [|Inflight internet] || Australian Business Traveller: Singapore airlines to launch inflight Internet in May || Strand 3: Internet ||
 * [|How smarter parking technology will reduce traffic congestion] || "The city of Los Angeles recently installed low-power sensors and smart meters to track the occupancy of parking spaces... The smart meters ...allow users to pay with their mobile phones in addition to communicating payment information to the city...the city is able to change pricing on its parking depending on demand ...The information also alerts enforcement officials about expired parking meters or other parking violations and reduces the time they spend driving in circles." || Strand 3: Personal & public communications ||
 * [|Researchers show how a car's electronics can be taken over remotely] || New York Times: "Because many of today’s cars contain cellular connections and Bluetooth wireless technology, it is possible for a hacker, working from a remote location, to take control of various features — like the car locks and brakes — as well as to track the vehicle’s location, eavesdrop on its cabin and steal vehicle data" || Strand 1: Security
 * [|Pursuing cars that won't be outdated] || New York Times: "//Upgradeable means being able to cull diagnostic information from a vehicle through, say, a satellite link, or having the ability to reprogram a transmission controller or recalibrate the braking system while the car is parked in your driveway.//" || Strand 1: Reliability, Security ||
 * [|edmunds.com] || Top 10 high tech car safety technologies || Strand 1:Reliability
 * [|Intelligent car initiative] || Includes a variety of technologies,with videos & quiz || Strand 3: Hardware, Networks ||
 * [|On-line reservations] || Qantas on-line plane reservations.
 * [|How computers took over our cars] || BBC news. Includes excellent graphic depicting the many electronic systems in cars.
 * [|Need a cab?] || New York Times: 90 million taxi trips have been tracked using GPS. This data can be used with smart phones allowing users to locate the ideal corner to catch a cab. || Strand 2: Environment
 * [|Hack attack mounted on car system] || "The researchers showed how to kill a car engine remotely, turn off the brakes so the car would not stop and make instruments give false readings. " || Strand 1: Security

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Users enter the address of a spot that they are about to leave or one that they happen to walk by. Other users nearby will see that spot on the app if they search the area." Read the [|article] || Ted TALKS: Dennis Hong - making a car for blind drivers [] "Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind" ||
 * "Brooklyn-based Roadify, for instance, awards users with “StreetCARma points” for spotting parking spots for the community.
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