Stackable smart robotic cars

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working for several years with the famous architect Frank Gehry on a concept of smart, pollution-free and stackable cars that you could pick at a subway station or in an airport.

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GM and Frank O. Gehry concept car

Britain Will Be First Country to Monitor Every Car Journey

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From 2006 Britain will be the first country where every journey by every car will be monitored.
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Using a network of cameras that can automatically read every passing number plate, the plan is to build a huge database of vehicle movements so that the police and security services can analyse any journey a driver has made over several years.
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Ramp generates power as cars pass

"Dorset inventor Peter Hughes' Electro-Kinetic Road Ramp creates around 10kW of power each time a car drives over its metal plates. More than 200 local authorities had expressed an interest in ordering the £25,000 ramps to power their traffic lights and road signs, Mr Hughes said."

This seems to be a viable solution to power smart infrastructure sensors.

Drivers getting cash for driving less

A groundbreaking study is aimed at finding out if people will change their driving habits if they had to pay a toll for almost every mile they drive.

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