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Software helps reduce traffic congestion
Computer science

Software helps reduce traffic congestion

Recently, Zhenjiang City, China, has installed a software from IBM to enable efficient traffic management. It not only shows the problems that are happening but also hel…

December 13, 2018
New application detects traffic jam
Computer science

New application detects traffic jam

The search site Google has launched a new application called Google Maps Navigation, which will make it easier for drivers to find the fastest route to avoid traffic jam…

December 13, 2018
Robot exits the laboratory causing traffic jams
New technology

Robot exits the laboratory causing traffic jams

The robot called Promobot IR77 successfully escaped from the laboratory in Russia and ran out of battery so it stopped in the middle of the road, causing a chaotic traff…

December 12, 2018
Reduced traffic jams with virtual traffic lights
New technology

Reduced traffic jams with virtual traffic lights

Ozan Tonguz, a telecom researcher at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, recently came up with the idea of designing virtual traffic lights to tackle…

December 11, 2018
Technology detects the possibility of traffic jams
New technology

Technology detects the possibility of traffic jams

According to research conducted by Exeter University in 2007, traffic congestion is not necessarily caused by accidents, sometimes because some drivers suddenly slow dow…

December 11, 2018
Automobile driving in the UK
New technology

Automobile driving in the UK

Scientists at Oxford University have developed a car that can automatically control itself.

December 11, 2018