CarTel Device Attacks Traffic Jams with Fleet of Networked Smart Cars

Researchers at MIT are using computer networks and cabbies to tackle a routine trouble that I , personally , can attest to : Boston area traffic jams . call CarTel ( get it ? ) , the scheme creates a net by elbow room of cell phone - sized pitch-dark box . The box currently model on board 50 cars and taxis in the Boston domain . Drivers enter the CarTel web portal vein for real - time information on their own vehicle as well as those around them . “ Everybody ’s data point is add to corporate views of what congestion look like , ” said MIT associate professor Samuel Madden . presently , CarTel tracks dealings data by logging a car ’s pep pill during different point during the trip . Madden said the system differentiates itself from similar sounding system because it actually understand where traffic delays are , and recommends the unspoiled route to avoid them . MIT professor Hari Balakrishnan enjoin the system of rules has already chop 25 % off his commute since January thanks to a little number crunching on the part of the computer :

It urge a new route that , although a few mile longer than the approach suggested by some chromosome mapping World Wide Web sites , is considerably quicker in practice .

combine also has the ability to link into a car ’s diagnostic system and inform the gadget driver when to get service or if something is malfunction . Do n’t tell it John Connor ’s present location . metre travelling is one hell of a commute . [ MIT ]

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