Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Thursday, 31 August 2017

Smart Cars , Safe Cars , Social Cars ?



Today’s Times of India carries an article , titled :





“ Telematics can detect even yawns and trigger alert : Soon , all of us will be driving smart , safe cars  “



Article goes on to list following features of such a SMART  DRIVE :



GETTING  TELEMATICS-READY :

·         Any car can be made smart using RFID stickers , mobile apps or retrofitted devices

·         Fast 4G cellular networks will make services available across country



WHAT  IT  CAN  DO :

·         Alert police, hospitals and family after an accident

·         Give drivers real-time alerts from social media data

·         Alert fleet-owners to bad weather and roadblocks on the way

·         Re-route past nearest  fuel station if tyre pressure is low

·         Capture video/photo evidence of accident, dispute or crime

·         Detect driver fatigue and send alerts

·         Continuously monitor truckers for distractions such as cell phones and meals




So much for the “ SMART “ and the “ SAFE “



Can telematics make cars ( for that matter , ALL vehicles ) also “ SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE “  ?



Not only it can , it must !


If you do not have time to go through my following blogs , reproduced below , is a partial list , from


  “  Internet  of Vehicles  “  {  04  March  2017  }





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   Most vehicles will  be electric ( essentially , “ computers on wheels “ ), automatically determining the best / shortest, route / stops and optimizing vehicle performance . Mobile Apps will be a governing device


·         Vehicles will be internet connected with one another , exchanging data


·         Vehicles will be internet connected with servers of Transport Authorities / Traffic Police / Pollution Control Boards and a host of other governmental / institutional organizations , and be relaying all sorts of data  24*7 .  Vehicles will report accidents ( being hit ) and thefts ( being stolen ) , on their own !


·         All vehicles will carry a whole lot of “ Sensors “ , which will continuously “ monitor “ the conditions of the vehicles and relay the same to all the authorities


·         All vehicles will be equipped with RADAR – LIDAR –CAMERAS – GPS locators – / Augmented Reality  etc , to avoid collisions / accidents


·         Prepaid RFID chips ( linked to Aadhar / Bank Accounts  ? ) for Road Taxes / Insurance Premiums / Toll charges / Fines / Carbon Credits ( through DBT )



·         In-Built Sensors will measure , ( and request maintenance on their own ! ),

#   Engine ( or Electric Motor ) temperature

     #   Pressures / Displacements / Compression Ratios in case of petrol / diesel

          Vehicles / Battery Charge Levels / fuel consumption

     #   Emission Levels ( PM2.5 / CO2 etc ) in petrol / diesel vehicles

     #   Tyre pressures / wear and tear of moving parts / RPM

     #   Vehicle speed / acceleration / braking distance

     #   Proximity to other moving / stationary vehicles or objects

     #   Weather conditions / Visibility levels / Traffic Density

     #   Condition of the road being traversed ( co-efficient of friction )

     #   Condition of the person driving ( sleepy / drunk etc )

     #   Whatever else you want “ measured / monitored / relayed 


To know , how such an Internet of Vehicles ( IoV ) can solve the various problems listed above , you may want to read my following earlier blogs (  all sent as emails to NDA ministers ) :


·         Un-Implementable Laws : Unstoppable Corruption ( 20 Feb 2017 )



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·         Welcome ! Elon Musk  (  10  Feb  2017  )



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·         Let us Leapfrog the World !  ( 27  Nov  2016 )



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·         A Step in the Right Direction  (  26  Nov  2016  )



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·         One Car per Family ?  ( 27  Sept  2016  )



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·         From OLD to NEW ? No , go NEWER !  ( 22  Sept  2016  )






·         Horn  OK  ?  (  22  Aug  2016  )


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·         A Rickshaw  by  Any  Other Name  ?  ( 20  Aug  2016  )


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·         All  Charged  Up  ?  (  15  Aug  2016  )



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·         Retiring  Old  Vehicles  - Gadkari  style ?  ( 30  May  2016  )


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·         Piyush  Plan   (  27  March  2017  )


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·         Pollution  Solution – aka  “  PollSolve “  (  30  Dec  2015  )


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IoV will pave the way to IoT  !


31  Aug  2017



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