Transportation

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Technology for transportation is much affected by the technology related to intelligence as 1999 begins. Roads and cars are both getting smarter and more railroads are using high-speed trains. Automated toll collection will be reality on new toll roads, which will be needed as congestion builds up in and around large cities. Magnetic levitation (maglev) trains are benefiting from new technology in the United States where the federal government has funded them to the tune of $1 bil for exploration and construction. In Paris, the Metro Est-Ouest Rapid (Meteor) train goes without drivers and in Asia, where many infrastructure projects have had to be dropped, a high-speed rail link in Taiwan is still being built. Global positioning systems (GPS) equipment can be added to cars, and is being advertised, but the precision should get better in a few years. In Japan a method that gives position information with 1000 times the accuracy of GPS-based in-vehicle navigation systems now in existence is being tested. Several companies are working together on the Network Vehicle based on the latest technology from many areas. Companies discussed include Trimble Navigation, Siemens Microelectronics, Mannesmann VDO, Daimler-Benz, General Motors, Visteon Automotive Systems, Chrysler, Ford, Hyundai, Kia, Volkswagen, Rolls Royce, Delphi Automotive Systems, Microsoft, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Netscape Communications, Intel, Hildesheim, Alstom, formerly GEC Alsthom, Toyota Motor and BMW.

Taiwan, Europe, Prepackaged software, Software Publishers, General services, Government domestic functions, France, Facilities & equipment, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Company Planning/Goals, Asia, Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, Transportation, Advertising Activity, Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Search and navigation equipment, Global Positioning Systems, Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing, Measuring and Controlling Devices, Energy Mgmt Software Pkgs (Micro), Artificial Intelligence Software, TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT, Transport Equipment, Optical & Analytical Instruments, Ground Transportation Programs, Standards, Innovations, Computer software industry, Software industry, Product information, Equipment and supplies, Transportation industry, Technology application, Transportation equipment industry, Aerospace industry, Artificial intelligence, Sensors, Transportation policy, Navigation systems, Global Positioning System, Image processing equipment industry, Ground transportation, Image processing software, Electronics in navigation, Toll roads

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The rebirth of radio

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Technical advances, including development of powerful digital signal processors and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) RF (radio frequency) chips, have made it possible to implement complex wireless systems at affordable prices, and such developments are encouraging renewed interest in wireless technology. Besides its obvious suitability for mobile applications, wireless has other advantages, including the following: provisioning is easy and fast; installation is relatively inexpensive; and systems are flexible and easy to move or reconfigure.

Radiotelephone communications, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Mobile Radio Services, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Wireless communications services, Market trend/market analysis, Mobile communication systems, Wireless technology

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120,000 leagues under the sea

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The percentage of the world's transoceanic messages and data carried by undersea cables rose from 2 percent in 1988, when satellites dominated as carriers, to about 80 percent of a much larger, growing total in this year, 2000. Improved optical fiber technology, as well as advancements in electronics, are cited as reasons. Today's optical-fiber cables have more than 3,000 times the capacity of their coaxial ancestors. Meanwhile, satellite capabilities have improved only modestly.

Telephone Cable, Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing, Nonferrous wiredrawing & insulating, Industry trend, Submarine cables, Telecommunication cables, Electrical wire and cable industry, Telecommunications cables, Electric wire and cable industry

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