Let your Smartphone Find You a Parking Space
I was reading an article in the NY Times, and it was about a new parking system they want to use in San Francisco. Here is a quick rundown of how it will work; the city will set up small sensors at the parking stations that will be able to differentiate if anybody is parked there or not, that message will transmit to either a cell phone or a street sign about the open spot. In some areas this may not seem like such a big deal, but in New York they estimate up to 45% of the traffic in some areas is generated by people circling streets.
How cool would that be? You are driving and using your TeleNav on your Blackberry and it guides you to the closest parking spot. Now before my TeleNav, I was notorious for getting lost, but even now when I find my destination I do not always know how to get in the parking garage. This really would help so many people out. This is exactly what I love about technology, people are looking at our problems and they are thinking out of the box to fill our need.