Need to Parallel Park Your Car?
There's an App for That

Bosch has been at the forefront in automobile navigation automation for many years. They developed some of the first systems for keeping cars in lines of traffic without the driver needing to constantly apply brakes or step on the gas (or battery) pedal. You can find lots of cool videos on their work. This video shows a new system for automatically parking a car via a smartphone app. I'm sure somewhere there is a group of lawyers just salivating at the prospect of lawsuits when someone gets her legs pinned between cars in the process. Maybe it will just be a smashed bicycle, or flattened puppy, but you know they can't wait for an opportunity.

Posted June 2013

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...