Yet communication by road is even harder, Mr Ahn says, which further isolates the rural areas.

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If you want to know which poker hands to bluff with, why neighbourhoods with permanent residents have more road crossings or why digital communication makes the world spikier not flatter, Mr Harford's book provides some answers.

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The Connected Vehicle Trade Association told the News that it expects 25 percent of all vehicles on the road to have vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems by the year 2020.

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'Silk Road' is a relatively recent designation dating from the mid-nineteenth century when the German geologist, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, named the trade and communication network Die Seidenstrasse (the Silk Road).

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Car-to-car communication will ensure that your automobile is impeccably informed about road conditions ahead.

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If someone is going to interact with others while driving it seems obvious that hands-free Google Glass communication will be safer than texting, as it allows you to keep looking forward at the road.

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