Siim Kallas, VP of the EU’s Intelligent Transport Systems commission, reviewed the goals and progress of the commission’s action plan and directive at the EU’s first annual ITS conference in Brussels on June 22. Kallas briefly defined ITS, gave a few examples of the EU’s ITS policy goals, and outlined the key objectives of the current ITS action plan.
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The Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation is in the midst of the first year of a five-year strategic plan for research on intelligent transportation systems (ITS). The plan “explores the potentially transformative capabilities of wireless technology to make surface transportation safer, smarter, and greener and ultimately enhance livability for Americans,” says the DOT.
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Sonos offers an interesting family of high-quality devices capable of playing audio streamed from a variety of Internet and local sources wirelessly throughout the home. I’ve just spent a few weeks getting to know the Sonos ZonePlayer S5 and 90 streaming-music players. How well did they perform?
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A report published earlier this year by a Washington D.C. based think tank recommends that the U.S. significantly increase its investment in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) at the federal level, by $2.5 to $3 billion annually. The infusion of funds would go toward large-scale ITS demonstration projects, new ITS deployments, and ongoing operations and maintenance of existing ITS deployments.
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Boxee said in January that it planned to add paid content options to its Boxee media-streaming software. This week, the company revealed that it has licensed Sonic’s “RoxioNow” entertainment platform, and is busy integrating it into Boxee.
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