New "Smart Box" can Warn Drivers, Issue Tickets

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New "Smart Box" can Warn Drivers, Issue Tickets

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Smart Car IBM and United Arab Emirates University jointly developed a �smart box� telematics system that can warn drivers if they�re breaking the speed limit, record actions taken during an accident and even issue speeding tickets to offenders. The system combines cellular, GPS and voice recognition technologies to provide totalitarian control of the driving populus. Oh, and maybe games too.

UAE University, IBM unveil prototype of first car safety device at GITEX 2004 [AME Info]
[Via: Jalopnik]

Posted by Haitham Sabbah on Thursday, October 7, 2004, at 7:46 pm. Filed under (Mis) Use of Technology. Tagged Technology, UAE, United-Arab-Emirates. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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Eman | October 8, 2004 at 5:03 pm | Permalink

WOW! very impressive…Loved it
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