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07-30-2012, 07:06 AM
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Wi-Fi to detect pedestrians? (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHUBePeM4q3fzrXLb11gCmwkDKskQ&url=http://motoring.iafrica.com/features/808247.html)
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The feature relies on Wi-Fi Direct, the peer-to-peer wireless standard that allows devices like some smartphones to communicate directly with each other rather than through a shared access point like a cellphone tower. GM researchers have determined Wi ...
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/)Autoblog (blog)
WiFi Direct to help drivers detect pedestrians (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHCGVicAvvVU7JLhiL0UzLG7NC_Dw&url=http://www.electronicsnews.com.au/news/wifi-direct-to-help-drivers-detect-pedestrians)Electronics News
GM Developing Pedestrian Detection Technology (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHfA4X5n--KHH9sv4Ut3HFMQG3IHg&url=http://www.autosphere.ca/collisionmanagement/2012/07/30/gm-developing-pedestrian-detection-technology/)AUTOSPHERE.ca
CarAdvice (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEfb7V_SXbbnwMkDPCauQ5W70B0yQ&url=http://www.caradvice.com.au/183936/gm-developing-pedestrian-safety-technology-that-spots-smartphones/) -SmartPlanet.com (blog) (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGUX4K6roZU525Kc6CcvuseeRf1UA&url=http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/wireless-pedestrian-detection-identifies-bystanders-in-blindspots/28013)
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