Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Outsmarting traffic lights

Phone setup helps save on stop-and -go

The folks at MIT want to stop you from seeing red — red lights, that is.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University recently developed “SignalGuru,” a network of dashboard-mounted smartphones that can study traffic signals and tell you to speed up or slow down to avoid red lights. http://bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/technology/view/2011_0905outsmarting_traffic_lights_phone_setup_helps_save_on_stop-and-go_phone_setup_helps_save_on_stop-and-go/srvc=home&position=also

Article courtesy of The Boston Herold by Jerry Kronenberg