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Visitors to the Yorktown Mall Wednesday may have noticed the northeast corner of the parking lot off Highland Avenue was blocked off with a sign that read “private event parking.” Those driving by on Highland could see what looked like a piece of a vehicle sitting in the corner.
Ford Motor Company was giving demonstrations of new technology that’s currently in the research phase. These demonstrations showed participants what is possible when vehicles “talk” to each other to alert drivers of potentially risky situations.
Pete Hardigan, Ford auto safety officer, said the technology is very much in the early stages of research and Lombard is one of a few locations chosen to preview the technology.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is encouraging research of vehicle-to-vehicle communication that uses Wi-Fi and GPS to alert drivers of potential problems (for example, when a car has come to a quick stop ahead of you while your vehicle continues to accelerate). Ford is the first automaker to build functional prototype vehicles to preview this technology.
The goal is to eventually develop a reliable way for vehicles to communicate with each other using advanced Wi-Fi signals or a dedicated short-range communications on a secure channel allocated by the Federal Communications Commission that will provide 360-degree detection of hazards.
Visitors to the Yorktown Mall Wednesday may have noticed the northeast corner of the parking lot off Highland Avenue was blocked off with a sign that read “private event parking.” Those driving by on Highland could see what looked like a piece of a vehicle sitting in the corner.
Ford Motor Company was giving demonstrations of new technology that’s currently in the research phase. These demonstrations showed participants what is possible when vehicles “talk” to each other to alert drivers of potentially risky situations.
Pete Hardigan, Ford auto safety officer, said the technology is very much in the early stages of research and Lombard is one of a few locations chosen to preview the technology.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is encouraging research of vehicle-to-vehicle communication that uses Wi-Fi and GPS to alert drivers of potential problems (for example, when a car has come to a quick stop ahead of you while your vehicle continues to accelerate). Ford is the first automaker to build functional prototype vehicles to preview this technology.
The goal is to eventually develop a reliable way for vehicles to communicate with each other using advanced Wi-Fi signals or a dedicated short-range communications on a secure channel allocated by the Federal Communications Commission that will provide 360-degree detection of hazards.
