FabSwingers.com forum: All Connected

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

The internet of things is being pushed at us. Your fridge, car, toaster - everything - will all be connected to the web. Ok, so Frisk's not having the best tech day today: Should that serve as a warning?

Will you welcome a home and life full of tech in? How might it augment your lifestyle?

My bed could notice there's space for others in it, so initiates some shag potential.

Your cooker knows what's been cooked and your other data highlights KFC visits, so your health cover diminishes due to lifestyle choices made.

What's going to be happening for you? Less or more plugging in?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What is Frisk?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

More plugging in. I'm always looking to make my life easier and have more control over things like my home.

I'm currently working on programming a watering system for my garden, that looks up the weather forecast for the next 24 hours and waters accordingly. It'll also record the amount of rainfall that there has been and make amendments for the next day if it was more than expected.

We have a wifi kettle. We can boil it when we get up out of bed, or from the end of the road when we're walking home from the train station.

Our computers can be accessed from outside of the house, as can our file storage system (which is in effect our own personal version of Dropbox.

I have a device that tells me if my room is in a good state to go to bed - it measures the humidity, the light levels, the noise levels, and the state of the air. It also tracks my sleep throughout the night and records loud noises if they disturb my sleep. It helps me to sleep better because I can track my habits.

Technology is powerful. And brilliant.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"What is Frisk?"

Sorry - tired eyes here and autocorrect.

I meant friskymare, who's not had the best tech day, with her phone and computer, by all accounts.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Less for me.

Its too invasive.

Wont even upgrade tv.. Got one pair of eyes

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

"Less for me.

Its too invasive.

Wont even upgrade tv.. Got one pair of eyes"

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What is Frisk?

Sorry - tired eyes here and autocorrect.

I meant friskymare, who's not had the best tech day, with her phone and computer, by all accounts."

Oh sorry haven't been on the forum much today. I thought it must be the new Twitter or something.

In answer to your OP, I want to unplug. I hate all the apps, sites and shit linking together to know what I'm doing. I want out of the Matrix.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm up for plugging in a bit more. So long as there's some kind of manual override for if it all goes wrong and I just need to open the fridge without it automatically telling the oven to cook a casserole or something.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"More plugging in. I'm always looking to make my life easier and have more control over things like my home.

We have a wifi kettle. We can boil it when we get up out of bed, or from the end of the road when we're walking home from the train station.

Our computers can be accessed from outside of the house, as can our file storage system (which is in effect our own personal version of Dropbox.

Technology is powerful. And brilliant.

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

WiFi kettle??

Christ we boil ours on the hob!!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

I'm not keen but I feel it's inevitable. All our personal habits will be easily tracked

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

They're amazing when you sleep on the top floor of a townhouse and your kitchen is at the bottom. :D

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

I think a fridge connected to the Internet is a load of bollocks. I know what we need cos I scran the scoff. I don't need a computer to tell me to water the garden. I can look out of the window and work it out myself.

I'd like a candle to be connected to the internet so when it got burnt down low, it would order and pay for a replacement itself so by the time it was all gone, another would appear in the post. That would save hours of distress and misery.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm too inactive as it is. Both physically and mentally because of the way i use technology.

I'm kind of thinking that although technology is handy we maybe shouldn't rely on it so much if we don't need it.

Although i do want a wifi kettle also.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

They're amazing when you sleep on the top floor of a townhouse and your kitchen is at the bottom. :D"

I'm just thinking it would save a lot of "go and put the kettle on" "no, YOU go and put the kettle on" arguments.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I want less.

When someone breaks your door down you know you've been broken into. When someone hacks everything in your home it might not be so obvious, including those homes that now lock via an app.

I wouldn't be able to remember all the passwords. What happens when you die? Will your nearest and dearest be able to get in or will your systems refuse because you changed the password and didn't tell them before you died?

When the power goes, what happens then?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

They're amazing when you sleep on the top floor of a townhouse and your kitchen is at the bottom. :D

I'm just thinking it would save a lot of "go and put the kettle on" "no, YOU go and put the kettle on" arguments."

You'd just argue about whose turn it is to fill it with water.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need. "

Can I bring my cat?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

They're amazing when you sleep on the top floor of a townhouse and your kitchen is at the bottom. :D

I'm just thinking it would save a lot of "go and put the kettle on" "no, YOU go and put the kettle on" arguments."

I bet it doesn't fill itself though?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"What is Frisk?

Sorry - tired eyes here and autocorrect.

I meant friskymare, who's not had the best tech day, with her phone and computer, by all accounts."

I haven't - but I do seemed to have managed to solve the latest problem after several hours of angst!!

I HATE the increasing inter-connectness of stuff - I have different parts to my life and I want to keep them entirely separate, and it's getting harder and harder to maintain.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

They're amazing when you sleep on the top floor of a townhouse and your kitchen is at the bottom. :D

I'm just thinking it would save a lot of "go and put the kettle on" "no, YOU go and put the kettle on" arguments.

I bet it doesn't fill itself though?

Oh balls, you and Lickety have pointed out the flaw in my plan.

Ok, I need a wifi kettle that also fills itself

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *lik and PaulCouple
over a year ago

cahoots

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need. "

That's me sorted then

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need. "

And the converse. I don't want a beautiful man, rugged is fine, but I do need land (for the horses of course)

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need. "

really? you dont cry if you dont get 22 txts an hour, or sulk, if your wifi signal goes down for several hours or mope about cos you dont have a tv or microwave?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need.

really? you dont cry if you dont get 22 txts an hour, or sulk, if your wifi signal goes down for several hours or mope about cos you dont have a tv or microwave?"

Why are people who like gadgets and embrace technology often the subject of so much derision?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need.

really? you dont cry if you dont get 22 txts an hour, or sulk, if your wifi signal goes down for several hours or mope about cos you dont have a tv or microwave?"

Not me anyway!!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If it weren't for working from home and some of the other activities I'm involved in, I'd unplug more than I do now. I look forward to simplifying my life over the next few years

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need.

really? you dont cry if you dont get 22 txts an hour, or sulk, if your wifi signal goes down for several hours or mope about cos you dont have a tv or microwave?

Why are people who like gadgets and embrace technology often the subject of so much derision?

i wasn't being derogatory..that is my life, no tv, microwave, no phone going off every two minutes no whats app and a dodgy signal..i was wondering if he'd be happy in my environment if i chose to invite him over.

do what you like..its not my concern, there was no intention to offend anyone i was merely asking a flirtatious question to a man i might fancy..ok? xx

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need.

really? you dont cry if you dont get 22 txts an hour, or sulk, if your wifi signal goes down for several hours or mope about cos you dont have a tv or microwave?

Why are people who like gadgets and embrace technology often the subject of so much derision?

do what you like..its not my concern, there was no intention to offend anyone i was merely asking a flirtatious question to a man i might fancy..ok? xx"

Woah ok, calm down. Just felt the words cry, sulk and mope spoke volumes.

I'll butt back out of your flirting attempts.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Less! Home in the country, log fire, and the love of a beautiful woman. All a man should ever need.

really? you dont cry if you dont get 22 txts an hour, or sulk, if your wifi signal goes down for several hours or mope about cos you dont have a tv or microwave?

Why are people who like gadgets and embrace technology often the subject of so much derision?

do what you like..its not my concern, there was no intention to offend anyone i was merely asking a flirtatious question to a man i might fancy..ok? xx

Woah ok, calm down. Just felt the words cry, sulk and mope spoke volumes.

I'll butt back out of your flirting attempts. "

i have had people sulk and mope about if they cant hook up to the matrix fast enough..just my experience.. i was just saying what i was doing, as it didn't seem to be very clear..lost in the subtleys maybe .as i said do what you like, i'm not being offensive or derogatory to anyone xx

dont want to make a big deal about it x

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need a wifi kettle in my life!

They're amazing when you sleep on the top floor of a townhouse and your kitchen is at the bottom. :D

I'm just thinking it would save a lot of "go and put the kettle on" "no, YOU go and put the kettle on" arguments.

I bet it doesn't fill itself though?

No, but I've got the fella well trained so he does that bit. :D

When we're sitting in the study working and the kettle turns itself on in the kitchen, he knows it's got to the point where I need a cup of tea landing on my desk. :D

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*"

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Hurrah! I've finally fooled someone!

I'm really a bloke.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I work in a shop selling all these funky things to connect your home to the WiFi etc, but if I lived alone, it'd just be me, the guitars and some tea. I'd replace the TVs with Sofa's for more people to come around, I'd replace the coffee table with a larger surfaced table at the right height to eat from without getting out of the sofa. I have all the technology I require with my phone and laptop

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Hurrah! I've finally fooled someone!

I'm really a bloke.

Even if you are, I'd still love to get into your pants

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uzy444Woman
over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Hurrah! I've finally fooled someone!

I'm really a bloke.

thats ok im not fussy, i like both..hehe

also i have a thing for top hats

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Hurrah! I've finally fooled someone!

I'm really a bloke.

Even if you are, I'd still love to get into your pants

I'm not wearing any!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Hurrah! I've finally fooled someone!

I'm really a bloke.

thats ok im not fussy, i like both..hehe

also i have a thing for top hats

*doffs hat*

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

iKettle Wi-Fi Kettle, Silver £99.95 at John Lewis, in case anyone is really keen.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"iKettle Wi-Fi Kettle, Silver £99.95 at John Lewis, in case anyone is really keen."

I was just looking at that before, it doesn't have great reviews though

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is this lamppost pissing?!!

*runs*

not on my account..dont do ownership of men or gadgets..got out of that matrix ages ago

is this shit stirring?

*giggles*

Just trying to lighten the mood... is it working?

i think youre lovely xx

Hurrah! I've finally fooled someone!

I'm really a bloke.

Even if you are, I'd still love to get into your pants

I'm not wearing any!

I'm not wearing anything

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *irtyGirlWoman
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"iKettle Wi-Fi Kettle, Silver £99.95 at John Lewis, in case anyone is really keen."

Hundred quid? For a kettle?

Haha! My flat is so small that would be the ultimate in lazy bastard syndrome for me!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i like the simpler more basic way - if i had to boil water for a brew in a pan it wouldnt bother me one jot - when the boiler failed and no hot water for a shower - i boiled a couple of pans of water and had a strip wash in the kitchen for a couple of days - took me back to when i was a youngster - think i could live in a tent if needed - simple needs i have

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A few things I use a lot. The freezer, the fridge, the oven, the kettle, the shower. Although, boiling on the hob means I can boil more water for tea

stick a teabag in and treat it like a teapot

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm enjoying the posts extolling the virtues of a simple life with less technology...posted on a website by people using smartphones or computers and an internet connection

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i like the simpler more basic way - if i had to boil water for a brew in a pan it wouldnt bother me one jot - when the boiler failed and no hot water for a shower - i boiled a couple of pans of water and had a strip wash in the kitchen for a couple of days - took me back to when i was a youngster - think i could live in a tent if needed - simple needs i have "

For six months (through that winter we had with awful storms and snow) I lived in a damp (holes in the roof) house with no heating, no hot water, and windows that didn't fit properly and I got very, very ill. Now that I have a fully functioning house I am quite happy to take full advantage of what civilisation has to offer. :D I feel like I've earned it!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"What is Frisk?

Sorry - tired eyes here and autocorrect.

I meant friskymare, who's not had the best tech day, with her phone and computer, by all accounts.

I haven't - but I do seemed to have managed to solve the latest problem after several hours of angst!!

I HATE the increasing inter-connectness of stuff - I have different parts to my life and I want to keep them entirely separate, and it's getting harder and harder to maintain.

I'm glad you're sorted

I'm similar, perhaps showing my age but also my aversity to not having stockpiles of information available upon me and all aspects of my life, to whoever may buy or use it.

Not really rushing headlong into this trend atm. If my home gets burgled, I don't feel the need to have CCTV call me up and show me who's inside and what they're taking, whilst calling the cops.

The plant watering capabilities are nice and I've used drip irrigation systems since I was a child and started gardening on some spare land. OK, it would benefit me and the plants, if weather forecasts were used and I was away, but is that the real benefit to me of the interwebby of all things?

I'm not needing the fridge to order some milk,because I'm low: delivery costs would be a bit high anyway for a bit of skimmed milk - and I can keep some UHT around for emergency purposes.

There may be some other benefits but my reluctance is a bit of a barrier. My car transmits everything about my driving, where I go, how I drive, alongside a mobile phone which knows who I communicate with and pc how I browse and what for etc.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I think I'd be fully doing the same after that!

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

All the modcons please we invent this shit for a reason

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The plant watering capabilities are nice and I've used drip irrigation systems since I was a child and started gardening on some spare land. OK, it would benefit me and the plants, if weather forecasts were used and I was away, but is that the real benefit to me of the interwebby of all things?"

Nope... the real benefit is when the same computer sends you an email while you're on holiday to tell you that the pipe has burst and it's pissing water everywhere costing you money. So that you can get a plumber to come round and sort it - hopefully costing you less money in the long run. :D

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"I'm enjoying the posts extolling the virtues of a simple life with less technology...posted on a website by people using smartphones or computers and an internet connection

We're full of dissonance

Here's me, I checked in for my flight via smartphone, booked my hotel here, am online now via wifi. Not a full luddite.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

No, I was meaning generally out of all the benefits that I can see for interconnectedness that it was only your plant watering scheme that showed alot of appeal, for all kinds of reasons/benefits. Away from plants, I'm rather averse to it all. Although happy if traffic problems along my route do get communicated and so I can change routes etc.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

We sometimes go camping and it's great to go back to basics. No Internet....we play uno etc, no TV....we talk, no x box....we go walking. We have to boil a whistley kettle on a hob....outside!!!

A week of that is enough though

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I went to a very early conference on the IoT (internet of things) and there were two ideas that I fell in love with.

The first one was a man who invented a light that glowed different colours according to the energy usage in his home. If it was green it was low usage. If it was red then lots of electricity was being used. It sat in his study upstairs. When the kids went to bed, they checked the light. If the light was glowing anything other than green they knew to go back downstairs and see if they'd left the telly running or the sky box on or anything like that.

The other was a set of interconnected lamps for people to use. (They were shaped like cute little houses). The idea is, that I would have a big/master lamp in my house, and give my mum, my dad, my partner, etc, a small child lamp. All the lamps are connected to their respective owners internet connection. When I get up in the morning, I turn my light on and it turns all the mini lights on across the world that are associated with me. When I turn the light off because I've gone to work or gone to bed, all the other lamps turn off. It piqued my interest because we have family in Australia and you never know when they're about to call. And because my Mum is always worried about me getting home ok. The light going on and off shows her that I'm ok and that I'm at home - without her having to call me. I also thought it would be great in poly relationships. If you all had each others little houses, you know when is a good time to call in to the other person, or give them a ring on the phone. The idea being that you only light it up when you can chat with them, perhaps not when you have another partner over.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

[Removed by poster at 08/09/15 22:02:27]

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some of the possibilities for municipal type uses of IoT are quite interesting too. Sensors in street lights and on public vehicles which collect data on air quality, traffic conditions, weather conditions, parking availability etc. can all be combined and used to control the flow of traffic by altering lights, for apps to show people where available parking spaces are, for disaster prevention and response in situations like flooding, improving journey time reliability on public transport, real time passenger information and so on.

Cities like Dublin are already doing some great stuff around open data and hopefully it will become a lot more commonplace.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm enjoying the posts extolling the virtues of a simple life with less technology...posted on a website by people using smartphones or computers and an internet connection

but can still simplify other parts of life -

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ophieslut OP TV/TS
over a year ago

Central

"Some of the possibilities for municipal type uses of IoT are quite interesting too. Sensors in street lights and on public vehicles which collect data on air quality, traffic conditions, weather conditions, parking availability etc. can all be combined and used to control the flow of traffic by altering lights, for apps to show people where available parking spaces are, for disaster prevention and response in situations like flooding, improving journey time reliability on public transport, real time passenger information and so on.

Cities like Dublin are already doing some great stuff around open data and hopefully it will become a lot more commonplace."

This is the more attractive kind of thing that I'm positive towards, rather than heavier data collation upon my life.

I think Newcastle were trialling some experimental traffic management/flow systems, that I read about some time ago, aiming to keep drivers moving, rather than stop/start traffic in the longer term. I think it was somehow real-time, but not sure how joined up it all was.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cities like Dublin are already doing some great stuff around open data and hopefully it will become a lot more commonplace.

This is the more attractive kind of thing that I'm positive towards, rather than heavier data collation upon my life.

We have a good urban traffic management control centre; there have been a few specific projects with ANPR cameras on traffic lights which allow timings to be adjusted according to journey time data captured from vehicles. E.g. it takes a number plate reading at one point and can tell based on how long that same vehicle takes to reach another point what the level of traffic congestion is and if the light sequence should be altered. It's mainly been used to try to improve bus journey time reliability so far, but also with specific events which cause traffic peaks, like the Great North Run, One Direction concert at the Stadium of Light. Early days with it all, like everything now it's sourcing funding to acrually invest in the technology and the ongoing costs - it can be hard to capture the monetary value of the benefits.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

Post new Message to Thread