French Find Open Parking Spaces On Their Cellphones

The French city of Toulouse is testing a system that displays available parking spots on drivers’ smartphones. The system can also tell when someone is illegally parked or hasn’t fed the parking meter.
“This technology comes from space travel,” says Patrick Givanovitch. “They were supposed to help find landing spots on Venus.” The French space agency [...]

Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/french-find-open-parking-spaces-on-their-cellphones/

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