http://mediatype.ca/2009/11/05/the-connected-car-ngconnect/ Thoughts on QNX and the state of Multi-Media Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://mediatype.ca/2009/11/05/the-connected-car-ngconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Andy Gryc Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:03:01 +0000 http://mediatype.ca/?p=36#comment-444 <p>There are several points, actually. Many communities are outlawing actively using phones in the vehicle. A system integrated into the vehicle can not only provide a safer experience through disabling features while driving, but also provide better natural language recognition and text-to-speech to allow texting while still keeping eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. And by locating those features on back-end servers in the cloud, they can be a lot more powerful than those traditionally used in cars or phones. An in-car system can be integrated into adaptive cruise control, cameras, or other range sensing equipment to make sure the driver is aware of their surroundings. An integrated system can provide crash information for emergency response, road condition info to municipalities, and vehicle diagnostics to the automaker. Because so much of modern cars are software (lots of firmware in many different modules in the car), a connection lets the automaker send updates to modify or fix the vehicle software as problems are identified. The car can host far more powerful equipment too. Screens can be much larger than what you'd carry in your pocket. Car antennas are far more powerful, both in watts, but also by multiple placement, to guarantee reliable connections. Having a system that's part of the car makes it so that it's always present and charged for emergencies, traffic conditions, or even just plain old voice calls, unlike a mobile which you may forget or may be dead.</p> There are several points, actually. Many communities are outlawing actively using phones in the vehicle. A system integrated into the vehicle can not only provide a safer experience through disabling features while driving, but also provide better natural language recognition and text-to-speech to allow texting while still keeping eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. And by locating those features on back-end servers in the cloud, they can be a lot more powerful than those traditionally used in cars or phones. An in-car system can be integrated into adaptive cruise control, cameras, or other range sensing equipment to make sure the driver is aware of their surroundings. An integrated system can provide crash information for emergency response, road condition info to municipalities, and vehicle diagnostics to the automaker. Because so much of modern cars are software (lots of firmware in many different modules in the car), a connection lets the automaker send updates to modify or fix the vehicle software as problems are identified. The car can host far more powerful equipment too. Screens can be much larger than what you’d carry in your pocket. Car antennas are far more powerful, both in watts, but also by multiple placement, to guarantee reliable connections. Having a system that’s part of the car makes it so that it’s always present and charged for emergencies, traffic conditions, or even just plain old voice calls, unlike a mobile which you may forget or may be dead.

]]> http://mediatype.ca/2009/11/05/the-connected-car-ngconnect/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Mario Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:58:24 +0000 http://mediatype.ca/?p=36#comment-443 <p>Funny I don't really see the point. Everybody will have a phone that provides most of these services. That being said I've never been known to be a visionary ;-)</p> Funny I don’t really see the point. Everybody will have a phone that provides most of these services. That being said I’ve never been known to be a visionary

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