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Stanford Engineers Create GPS Steering
Stanford Center for Design Research engineers have created a car steering mechanism that uses the global positioning system. Chris Gerdes, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the Stanford Center for Design Research, demonstrated how the mechanism worked by driving a Corvette through a series of cones without touching the steering wheel. Three GPS antennas on the car's roof identified the direction the car was traveling and its exact location within a few centimeters. Whenever the car started to drift, an onboard computer nudged it back toward the center of the lane. "This technology might save tens of thousands of lives each year," Gerdes said. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for people from childhood to their mid-30s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In almost half of all fatal motor vehicle accidents, the first harmful event occurs when the vehicle leaves its lane and collides with a fixed object. Gerdes' goal is to write software that creates an experience for the driver that is reliable yet unobtrusive. All rights reserved. Copyright 2004 by United Press International. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by United Press International. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of by United Press International. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
Trimble and u-Nav To Develop Next Level of GPS for Portable Electronics
Sunnyvale - Apr 27, 2004Trimble and u-Nav Microelectronics Corp. have announced that the companies have forged an alliance to jointly develop and market integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) chipsets and software solutions. The new solutions will incorporate Trimble's proven core GPS software and u-Nav's ultra low-power GPS chipsets.
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