News tagged with parking spaces

In a new book, an MIT urban planner rethinks the mundane, ubiquitous parking lot

Quick: Name a great parking lot.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

'Shrinkable car' makes parking a breeze at high-tech fair

Scientists at the world's biggest IT fair unveiled on Tuesday what they hope is the car of the future that can shrink to fit tight parking spaces and pick you up at the touch of a button.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

IBM looks to take pain out of parking

US technology stalwart IBM and Internet startup Streetline on Wednesday will begin courting cities with a system designed to take the pain out of parking.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cashless parking

Vacant parking spaces in town are thin on the ground. Finding one is just as tiresome as making sure you have the right change for the parking machine. An adhesive microchip on the windshield will make things ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

'Odd couple' binary makes dual gamma-ray flares

(PhysOrg.com) -- In December 2010, a pair of mismatched stars in the southern constellation Crux whisked past each other at a distance closer than Venus orbits the sun. The system possesses a so-far unique ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Parking space management: Remove a spot, reduce global warming?

"Parking management is a critical and often overlooked tool for achieving a variety of social goals," according to a new study released Wednesday by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy in New York.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No such thing as free parking: Nationwide study demonstrates high environmental cost

Next time you're searching for a parking space and someone grabs a spot from right in front of you, it might seem like the last space left on Earth, but ponder this: there are at least 500 million empty spaces ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New system helps locate car park spaces

A research group from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain, led by Jose Lopez Vicario and Antoni Morell, took part in the development of a new system which locates unoccupied car park spaces and guides ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Premium info for car drivers

(PhysOrg.com) -- What will the weather be like over the next few hours on the A3 between Nuremberg and Würzburg in Germany? Could fog be a problem? A new system will enable automakers to offer their customers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0