Dinesh Shah wrote:
On 9/5/06, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why are we looking at solar panels and batteries? Like street lights,
these could be powered by the municipal electricity or traffic signal
posts. Maybe a battery backup for power breakdowns.
The solar panel should be used to make the system self sufficient and
make it maintenance free as much as possible.
Solar panels are not required in the city and they will clutter up the
place, and the poles will be used by people to hoist flags and banners.
Regular bird droppings too will make the panel require a lot of
maintenance. Plus they increase the cost unnecessarily.
We can do a re-think on how the TX device can be kept passive with no
power consumption and all the electronics in the receiver itself. For
example a bar coded page mounted on a board, that the user simply
downloads into his device using a bar code reader. Another option is to
eliminate the use of any device for receiving and make a pole mounted
kiosk that has a built in keyboard and speakers for interactive queries,
like a public telephone. This kiosk will be powered on only when a user
presses a button.
I think we need to first make an algorithm of what we want and expect
from the system and then decide the best way to go about that.
Here's a startup list.
1. What is the information that the user of this service is looking for.
2. What are the total queries that a user will ask the system for
interactive directions.
3. How is the system expected to resolve these queries.
4. How will the user interact with the system.
5. How is data stored and updated in this system.
Regards,
Rony.
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