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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Big Data Connected vehicles Mobility services Sensors Urban mobility' Earlier post.) —Dave McCreadie.

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The President-Elect Candidates’ Plans to Further IEEE’s Mission

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In IEEE we have engineers and technical professionals developing, standardizing and utilizing technology from diverse perspectives. In 2001 he founded the computational engineering science program at the University of California, Berkeley, chairing it until 2010. Connection and community make a difference. Ramesh S.K.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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For the past three months, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn had been working together on a problem Kahn had been pondering for some time: how to connect ground-based military computers seamlessly to communications satellites and mobile radios. The diagram helped me to see where protocols would need to be standardized.” It was June 1973.

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Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents

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Glucose Level Monitoring connects with Ford SYNC could warn parents if a sleeping child in the rear seats suffers a diabetic episode. The Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia participates in this project together with the technological center Eesti Innovatsiooni Instituut (Estonia), and the University of Manchester.

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This Engineer Promotes Innovation-Based Projects in Uganda

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The nonprofit, which was launched in 2001, works to foster technological development in Uganda. The goal of connecting students to internships is to help them put the theoretical knowledge they learned at school into practice. The IEEE member is the innovation director at the Log’el Science Foundation. When did you join IEEE and why?

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Radar Imaging Could Be the Key to Monitoring Climate Change

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The models now serve as a standard for many geoscientific, remote sensing, topographical, and commercial applications. in engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He worked in that position until 2001, when he became director of the Microwaves and Radar Institute. “I Moreira earned his Ph.D.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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As it turns out, Estrin—whose parents are IEEE Fellows Gerald and Thelma Estrin—has a connection to von Neumann, a mathematician who made contributions to physics, computing, and game theory. IEEE is a place for setting intellectual standards for publications, and it creates a place for a lot of open dialogue through conferences.”.