Wunderlich

In the future of net-centric cars all automobiles will communicate with each other and it makes sense when on freeways going long distances that these computer systems should allow for all the cars of various sizes to flow together based on their size and weight. It will also be safer in case of an accident or software glitch or tire blow out?

If you have a whole bunch of little cars they're very light weight so they get good gas mileage driving at 70 mph bumper-to-bumper with big trucks and something goes wrong these poor people will be crushed into oblivion. How would such a system be designed to protect the occupants?

I believe that the software would be standardized and each car would be given a number that would be based on its size, number of occupants, speed capability, most efficient speed and weight. Its final destination would be entered into the computer via voice technologies by the driver.

The car would then communicate with all the other cars as to what was going on and this system would line up all the cars by size and allow them to go down the road together at various speeds. This would allow them to drive very close together and very fast and break the wind resistance to increase efficiency.

Recently the online think tank came up with a basic protocol that could work for net centric cars of the future. We need to be thinking here because the future is rapidly approaching and we need to keep it on all four wheels.

I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple, to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

"Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington