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07-29-2012, 02:47 PM
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GM developing Wi-Fi app to help pedestrians avoid being hit [w/video] (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEjMpCSmS4D5mGctj9CF7xv9SQQlA&url=http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/29/gm-developing-wifi-app-to-help-pedestrians-avoid-being-hit-w-vi/)
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Using Wi-Fi Direct, a peer-to-peer wireless standard that's like a medium-range Bluetooth, a car would be able to detect a smartphone directly and alert the driver in time to avoid kneecapping the pedestrian. GM says that Wi-Fi Direct would allow ...
How Your Smartphone Could Stop a Car from Running You Over (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEChbF1rkCEsHIEdrnVdA42wIYKGw&url=http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/07/gm-wifi-pedestrians/)Wired News
GM investigating Wi-Fi sensing Technology for Vehicles (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHXM3DGoUcWPxwvEXlIC0BzwNjf4w&url=http://www.bestsyndication.com/?q%3D20120726_wifi_technology_in_smartphones_to_co mmunicate_with_vehicles_pedestrian_traffic_safety. htm)Best Syndication

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