August 10, 2006
New cell phone technology gets you there on time
A new technology that measures radio signals beamed between your cell phone and cell phone towers could soon help speed up your commute, reports TechJournal South.
IntelliOne Technologies, a company that specializes in using mobile phone network usage to measure roadway speeds, has launched a real-world test of its technology along the streets of Tampa, Florida. Dubbed Need4Speed, the test will run from August 7 to 18.
The company's technology takes advantage of the fact that wireless devices in motion communicate constantly with multiple cell towers. That information is converted into speed and travel time information for any roadway that has cell phone coverage. IntelliOne says its results are accurate to within 3 mph and updated every second.
To ensure that the public’s information remain private, the personal identification data of users will be stripped from cell phone signals before they are processed by IntelliOne's software.
Users will, however, have the choice of "opting-in," if they want to communicate where and who they are.
The service could become available to the public in as soon as three months.
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