We had an airplane running flawlessly, we had real-time weather displayed on a large-screen map, and we had XM Satellite Radio to make the hours pass.

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This is why most improvements in bizjets during the last 40 years have come from outside the industry--electronic engine controls, global-positioning satellites, moving-map displays, downloadable real-time weather, etc.

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Both systems utilize Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network1 service to provide an overlay of real-time traffic events and conditions on the navigation map and allow users to create routes (or re-route) to minimize traffic delays.

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They have figure out how to map the real-time information against historical information to offer predictive possibilities.

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Another possible draw: the introduction of a service called Sea Smart, a one-button emergency gizmo, comparable to OnStar for luxury autos, with a panic button that sends a signal via satellite every ten seconds and offers real-time tracking of the distressed vessel on a 3-D color map back at Sea Tow's headquarters.

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We had weather displays, in real time, on a large-screen map.

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For example, for Stanford University a device could eventually show you a 3D map of the campus with real-time traffic information, information about your lecture room and the class there, information about the subject there, such as biology in 3D, and so on.

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Instead of showing them on the map, the feature projects them onto a real-time camera view.

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