Friends, I am sharing this because I think sharing goals is the best way to get them to happen and I think there is still some audience here that can perhaps help make it happen.
http://commutercommunity.blogspot.com/ Our non-qualifying entry is a simple traffic avoidance tool, and attention conserving tool, that helps people do a better job of managing their commitments, and meeting their commitments. It wants to be available on all handsets as it requires community network effects. The ability to behave in a predictable way using this first step makes coordinated community possible and opens the door to efficient ridesharing (or carpooling) - rideshare agreements become reputation based ecommerce. There are bus stop applications that can be easily appended to the ends of a person’s normal commute... you could pick up 7 other people at a well timed Starbucks stop on the way to work. Anyway the video shows the first step to a coordinated community that gets an effective 120 people miles per gallon of gasoline with our existing vehicle fleet (4 people per Fit, 8 people per Suburban). Globally, it helps reduce our traffic congestion, gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by a factor of about 4. It does not require GPS. Trips are stored as a series of cells, or sectors, including entering and exiting cell edge [to and from information]. This lets you resolve traffic direction and get a finer granularity about what is a good way to go as each cell has six edges. Anyway, I published it on the WEB and discussed it with a Stanford EE wireless professor in 2004, because it is obvious. The only reason it has not been done since the 60s and 70s is carrier obstinance about sharing tower ID. With the cost of fuel today (world and social competition costs, too), that disservice cannot continue. If American commuters add the clean integrated bus stop utility and the reputation based evite utility to what is shown here the Europeans might even award them a Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, we are all inspired by Al and the precedent of group prizes for tackling global problems. Thanks, Ed --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
