FIAT DEVELOPS CAR THAT TALKS TO MECHANICS
June 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIEAN INTELLIGENT in-vehicle system that can tell mechanics which parts of a car need servicing was recently unveiled at a European technology show in Strasbourg, France.The specially-adapted Fiat prototype can alert garage staff to the state of its components in seconds by using smart electronic sensors inside its engine.Designed by engineers at the University of Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing, the car has Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, each with its own unique identification number attached to the car's engine parts.To ...
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