Wireless car communication systems are planned for testing in Michigan, in 2, 800, for a full year ending next summer, The Detroit News reports.
In addition to offering these protective, charging cases, Nokia's also introducing a wireless charging car dock with NFC, so users can juice up and launch the Drive app while they... drive.
It is done by intercepting wireless messages between the car and the network.
Sports car maker Ferrari SpA, for one, has filed a patent application that indicates the company is evaluating technology that would embed wireless electrodes in a car seat's headrest to monitor drivers' brain waves for stress as they pilot machines capable of roaring up to 200 miles per hour.
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Of course, tech of this kind isn't necessarily intended for households -- not yet, anyway -- it makes for a more natural fit in commercial environments (think: airports, car dealerships or wireless retailers).
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The main technology underpinning Volvo's autonomous automobiles is wireless internet, which would enable each car to be assigned a certain point on the road and give different vehicles the ability to interact with each other.
Now GM is trying to do something about those costs with an unusual ally: its own OnStar subsidiary, the wireless satellite service that can open your car door when you're locked out or send an ambulance when your air bag deploys.
My car, outfitted with a GPS position finder and an off-the-shelf wireless local area network (WLAN) communication system, was tipped off by another car carrying the same gear.
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Though car phones with cords and antennas were increasingly common then, wireless phones were otherworldly.
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The control car was a cramped affair, without a separate navigation or wireless room.
Until recently, bringing the Internet to the car has been an issue due primarily to the fact that few manufacturers wanted to go to the expense of adding a wireless communications module to the vehicle, particularly one likely to be obsolete in the lifetime of the car.
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Using wireless technology, he can remotely diagnose the problem and then send you an e-mail suggesting you bring the car in for servicing.
The wireless Bluetooth HID remote allows users to control any iOS Bluetooth Device while connected to a TV, dock station or car stereo.
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