The other day a friend picked me up in a new hybrid SUV for a trip to a favorite hiking spot. Considering that I still drive a car from the last century, I couldn't help but take inventory of all the electronic goodies. The highest coolness factor went to the voice-activated navigation system. You can drive into a city and ask it to "show me Thai restaurants." It will show you on a map all the ones in the vicinity, let you to select one, and then calculate the best route and provide visual and ...Read More
Though it could have earned you some cash a few months ago, that old clunker out back isn't going to do you much good with its lousy gas mileage, sputtering engine, and miscellaneous recalled items that you never bothered to get fixed. Just as a vehicle needs a quality mechanical design to function properly and keep maintenance costs low, so too does an In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) system require a reliable hardware platform to enable seamless integration and rapid development at minima...Read More
I've been fortunate so far in my life and through good health have never spent any significant time personally in a hospital. I have visited hospitalized friends or family members, in some cases in the intensive care unit (ICU). One was my son who was born prematurely and spent 10 days in the neonatal unit. One of the immediate observations anyone has in visiting such patients is the number of confining wires connected to them to alert doctors and staffs to everything from changes in heartbeat ...Read More
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