Introduction to the Connected Car

[EquestrianImages]

Do you think the guy in the car is a Vin Diesel lookalike?

[egn83b]

This is so old of an idea. I think they sould make gasoline cheap again get people back to work and plan a alternative future with people not none sense computers in cars there already computers in car dashes and cell phones updating your every step you make. The government knows everything about you if you own a phone.

[Thunderblade64]

I don't understand this hype. As a driver, I can use an off the shelf navigation system that's available today. And as a passenger, I just take my laptop into the car and have everything I want, on a bigger screen, including high end games not flash crap, etc. ...

[trident3b]

well, this concept is not new, but what is missing every time is how are they going to get the data to the cars. Mobile phone frequency bands? Too slow, wlan... perhaps, but with moving cars you'll have a hellish complex ad hoc netwark. As with all marketing they talk about it being in the car but don't say how they'll get it there.

[omarosa]

That's where LTE come into play duh... the whole purpose of this is to show you that you can have high data traffic while you're on the move

LTE = long term evolution (will introduce 4G). It will be around 10 times the speed of 3G

[trident3b]

3g is not fast, I hope you realize that. 10 times that simply therfore doesn't impress me. They can only be ad hoc networks and subject to contention. With many cars in the same area as a cluster therefore the differences will be enormous. Long term evolution is a fancy name. It tells me nothing. I see no specifications, throughput, protocols to be used, modulation techniques etc etc. Fancy names don't do it for me. LTE, BLE, PPE PPO superbollocks ... just names. No specifications.

[mayo705]

Revolution for the big brother that is. ;D

[candidnt]

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD JESUS CHRIST

You say "important step towards fixed mobile convergence", I say "a million accidents waiting to happen". Come on, you guys. Christ.

[SwuaveWEB]

GameStreamer? Is that the same company I get my games from?

[GamingIam]

Wow, amazing video. I checked out ngConnect and found that it looks like QNX powers the tech and some company called GameStreamer the gaming.

[blueman189]

This is the future! I can't wait till I can play video games in the car!

[jaydarrow]

lol, why does the family have to look like creepy robots from "surrogates"?

[KidAeon]

the guy's looking out his window going, "why the hell are we just sitting here?"