The Southampton researchers have now developed 'machine learning' traffic control computers that can learn how to control the lights like a human would and even learn their own improved strategies through experience.
As soon as the driver starts the SUV, the round-shaped controls for the lights, climate control, and the four-wheel-drive system emerge from their flush resting positions.
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Also, every room has a large fireplace as well as motion sensors which control the heat, lights and even the shades.
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Los Angeles was the first city in America to control its traffic lights centrally when it rewired a handful of intersections near the Coliseum in 1984 in anticipation of a crush of Olympics traffic.
Your sofa (or maybe even your Snuggie) could become a virtual command center, giving you easy control over the dimming of the lights or home music system.
Failure to illuminate the brake lights or disengage cruise control could increase the risk of a crash, while disabling the brake-transmission interlock could result in the vehicle rolling away, it added.
The Harmony Hub takes personalizing your activities a step farther into home control with the ability to program your Philips Hue lights to the desired brightness and color with a tap of the Logitech Harmony Ultimate.
Using two fingers can control multiple lights and using the familiar pinch-close gesture turns off all the lights in your home using machine-to-machine communication between multiple dimmers.
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Nokia, the world's largest handset-maker, hopes to turn its tiny phones into universal remote-control devices, able to control everything from the television to the lights to the microwave.
Among the targeted infrastructure was everything from systems that control traffic lights in large cities to nuclear plants, water treatment plants , large manufacturers, defense contractors and high tech companies.
The lights were put in place last week to control traffic on Dixcart Lane.
Los Angeles was the first U.S. city to control its traffic lights centrally when it rewired a handful of intersections in 1984 in anticipation of a crush of Olympics traffic.
By tapping out different patterns (it detects only the shock, not the strength) the idea is that you could turn lights on and off, control appliances, and so forth.
The Ube dimmer replaces standard wall switches to control incandescent, LED and CFL lights.
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Spark allows you to control your lights from an Apple iPhone, Android phone, or any web-enabled device, so you can control your lights remotely, from your bed or anywhere in the world.
From a remote control on his wheelchair, Ward pushes a button to turn on the lights.
Options will include a video package, which includes the ability to view live video of the outside or inside of the subscribers home, and an energy package, which allows remote control of appliances like lights, heating and air conditioning.
There are seemingly no limits to the things in your home, such as temperature and lights, you can track and control remotely with sensors.
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