Dispatches from Dublin:

Honk if you find a cat 

A cat goes missing. It’s getting late. Parked cars sense the signal from from Mr. Mittens’ radio tracking collar. His family pinpoints his location and drives out to pick him up. This is one of many cognitive applications researchers at IBM’s research lab in Dublin are testing to make our cars’ built-in GPS systems, motion sensors, rear view cameras and onboard computers useful even when we’re not driving them. By connecting parked cars across a city, the combined network could provide us with information to help find pets, locate parking spots, detect gas leaks, record break-ins and more.

8 years ago