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Dodging That #%@! Traffic GPS systems can steer you around traffic jam-ups, but ease of use varies widely.   |
CIO
July 15, 2005
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Stuck in Traffic? IT Can Ease the Commute Some methods of decreasing traffic involve heavy costs and manual labor, but there are technological workarounds. For example, some technologies relay detailed traffic information to properly equipped cars. Traffic signals can also be improved. |
Technology Research News
January 26, 2005
Kimberly Patch |
Adaptive Lights Organize Traffic A researcher in Belgium has devised a way to allow traffic lights to self-organize to improve traffic flow. The method, which taps the self-organizing principles of social insects, does away with central control. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2008
Paul McFedries |
Engineering New Traffic Patterns, and New Lingo For Them Engineering new methods of forcing people to drive slower. |
AskMen.com
October 4, 2000
Justin Becker |
How To: Reduce Stress In 5 Easy Steps No matter how calm and relaxed you are as a person, it's very easy to succumb to stress throughout your day. Here are 5 easy ways to calm the stress that creeps up on you, especially at work... |
PC Magazine
August 29, 2007
Frank Washburn |
Future Watch: Traffic-Predicting Software Trying to navigate through a traffic jam can be downright nightmarish when you're late to work. |
PC Magazine
July 7, 2004 |
Dashboard Traffic Feeds One of technology's pipe dreams will become reality this fall: live traffic data streamed to your car, giving you the option to detour around accidents and traffic jams. |
Wired
August 2008
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Tom Vanderbilt's Why We Drive the Way We Do Unlocks How to Unclog Traffic Researcher uses mathematical algorithms to determine the best decisions to make when stuck in traffic. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Keep Your Eyes on the Road, Fool Despite safety worries, Chrysler's new in-car Internet may ultimately be a good thing. |
Reason
April 2007
Staley & Balaker |
How Traffic Jams Are Made In City Hall The bad logic and failed policies of American transportation planners. |
PC World
December 22, 2006
Michael S. Lasky |
Real-Time Traffic Info Gets You Past Jams Dash Express combines GPS data with traffic reports to find the fastest routes. |
Wired
December 2004
Tom McNichol |
Roads Gone Wild It's no surprise that the Dutch, a people renowned for social experimentation in practically every facet of life, have embraced new ideas in traffic management. Other countries are following suite. |
Reason
March 2009
Adrian Moore & Sam Staley |
A Better New New Deal How can we get the most bang for our transportation buck? Here are six ideas for the new president and cash-strapped governors. |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
How To Avoid Car Accidents Here are some dos and don'ts that can help minimize your chances of becoming a statistic. |
Scientific American
January 2009
Linda Baker |
Removing Roads and Traffic Lights Speeds Urban Travel Urban travel is slow and inefficient, in part because drivers act in self-interested ways |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Does High-Tech Highway Design Make us Less Safe? Tom Vanderbilt's latest book, Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us), has a recurring theme: Making things safer may actually make them more dangerous. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2012
Coelingh & Solyom |
All Aboard the Robotic Road Train Semi autonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel |
AskMen.com
Patrick Rowlings |
Are You a Dangerous Driver? Here are some signs that suggest that you're a dangerous driver -- with a rating system as a guide. Keep these tips in mind and you'll reduce your risk of a collision. |
AskMen.com
Eddie Chandler |
Eliminate Stress-Creating Habits Your stress levels go up, your enjoyment of life goes down. Your health and mental attitude suffer. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2006
Logan Ward |
Highway of the Future: Interstate Intelligence Our nation's highways are being primed for a major transformation, one that will bring them into the wireless information age suitable for the wireless capabilities of our cars. |
PC World
February 15, 2008
Dan Tynan |
Auto Technology: Same Gear, New Services For this year's cars, personal navigation and search services will be in the driver's seat. |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
This Is How Google's Driverless Cars Navigate Tricky Roadblocks In a new blog post, Google shows us how its smart cars assess and navigate some of the trickier traffic scenarios, like, say, a road construction bottleneck near its Mountain View campus. |
Science News
November 20, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Cruise Control and Traffic Flow A physicist at the University of Michigan has used computer simulations, applying concepts from statistical mechanics, to study how the use of adaptive cruise-control technology might affect traffic flow... Puzzle of the Week... |
CIO
May 1, 2003
John L. Haughom |
How to Pass the Stress Test An IT executive tells the story of his own stress-related breakdown and recovery, and reveals what you can do to avoid the abyss. |
Outside
October 2008 |
Rise and Stall of the Moto-Taxi What gets 50 miles per gallon but not a second look in the U.S.? |
Fast Company
December 1, 2006
Robert E. Calem |
Drive Thru A new Internet-powered car-navigation device offers hope for avoiding traffic. |
Popular Mechanics
May 22, 2008
Benjamin Jones |
10 Quick Fuel Efficiency Tips to Beat the Gas Crunch These simple tricks will definitely help you save fuel -- without ripping your car apart. |
Health
May 2008
Dana Sullivan Kilroy |
Seven Ways to Drive Like a Pro Tips and tricks from defensive-driving teachers. |
PC Magazine
November 1, 2009
Chloe Albanesius |
The Truth About Broadband According to a new study, "high-speed" Internet may be an overstatement. |
AskMen.com
March 27, 2001
Vatche Bartekian |
Dealing With Everyday Problems I'm here to tell you that those pesky everyday problems of yours don't have to overtake your life. It's time to take control of your manhood and start taking control of your life... |
Search Engine Watch
December 16, 2008
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Social Shopping: Build Long-Term Traffic and Trust With a predicted slow year on the horizon, what can you do to be better and different in this market? This is an important question to answer. |
Fast Company
September 2009
Kate Rockwood |
Janette Sadik-Khan Wants New Yorkers to Walk This Way Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation, cut through the congested knots of Manhattan traffic with a novel concept: Close some roads to cars. |
PC Magazine
February 16, 2005
Bill Howard |
The Digital Car The $50,000 Acura RL is perhaps the finest example of the marriage of automotive, computing, and entertainment tech. |
CRM
October 7, 2011
Mark Ryski |
The Trouble with Traffic Store traffic is a measure of all the people who visit the store, including buyers and nonbuyers. Traffic is a leading indicator that tells us something about a chain's sales opportunities -- more traffic, more opportunities. |
PC Magazine
May 2, 2008
Brian Heater |
Radio 2.0 Although many people are still tied to terrestrial radio, a new era is on the horizon. Wi-Fi radio lets you listen to Internet stations on any Wi-Fi-enabled device, not just your laptop. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Bob Parks |
Robot Buses Pull In to San Diego's Fastest Lane In response to heavy traffic loads, San Diego Country is working on a dedicated truck and bus lanes with lane-keeping sensors and adaptive cruise controls. |
Search Engine Watch
January 3, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Offers Real-Time Traffic Reports Largely overlooked during the holiday craziness last month, Yahoo introduced real-time traffic information for 70 major U.S. cities. |
Science News
March 16, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Highway Relativity Freeway drivers often get the sense that the other lane is moving faster than the one they're in. A number of recent mathematical studies have shown that this owes to both truth and quirks of perception... |
AskMen.com
January 20, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Can Stress Kill You? Today's stress, especially when caused by psychological or emotional factors, can be prolonged and may have damaging effects on your health... |
InternetNews
February 7, 2011 |
Alcatel-Lucent Tech Aims to Rev Mobile Capacity Researchers outline a novel approach to mobile broadband management, describing a software-driven radio that routes 2G, 3G and 4G traffic in a cloud-like architecture, doubling network efficiency. |
AskMen.com
Eddie Chandler |
Handling Stress At Work If you learn how to channel your stress at work, that burst of adrenaline can help you jump as high as your boss expects. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2011
Anders Bylund |
How Androids Are Killing Garmin The latest update of Google's mobile maps app makes it perfectly clear that the old navigation giants must change radically -- or die. |
The Motley Fool
May 27, 2011
Thomas Lee |
Forget the iPhone. Your Car Is the Ultimate Mobile Device -- but How Far Should That Go? Cars are becoming more and more like moving smartphones. Should we be worried? |
