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TECHNONEWS * USA - Five Cities Test High-Tech 911 System
Call centers in five U.S. cities are testing the Next Generation 9-1-1 system developed by the Department of Transportation (DOT)
USA -USA Today/ISA by Sabrina Quirarte -10 July 2008: -- The aim is to enable police and other emergency workers to communicate via text messaging, quickly locate the site of cell phone callers, and reroute calls to busy call centers to backup centers... Linda Dodge, public safety coordinator with DOT's Intelligent Transportation Systems' joint program office, observes that, "Communication devices and systems are advancing rapidly. We need to be sure emergency communications are able to evolve at the same time"... The system was installed in June in the cities of Rochester, N.Y; Bozeman, Mont.; King County, Wash.; St. Paul, Minn.; and Fort Wayne, Ind. It is intended as a replacement for the existing decades-old technology now used by the country's 911 call centers, which number more than 6,000...
* Technology, the new back seat driver
Detroit,Mich,USA -The Detroit News/Business Insider, by Bryce Hoffman -July 12, 2008: -- Ford Motor Co.'s chief technical officer, Gerhard Schmidt, was on hand Thursday to show off the company's new "smart intersection" technology -- designed to keep distracted drivers from barreling through intersections and pedestrians -- to journalists in Dearborn... He said wireless technology is about to usher in a new era of automotive safety advances that promise to make older technologies obsolete... "Today, your wife gives you advice while you drive," he told Biz Insider. "Tomorrow, it will be these sensors."... In a "smart intersection," a wireless transmitter mounted on traffic signals sends key information to the car to help keep drivers in line... (Photo by Bryan Mitchell/The Detroit News)Labels: technonews
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