Now here's a smart new idea to help people communicate better: Connect wireless transponders already in millions of American cars into a wifi network for the highways and byways of the country.
This brilliant idea was proposed today by Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar and Meadow Networks. Universal Hub, a blog covering metro Boston, writes that Chase proposed the idea during a MassDOT symposium today for software developers on possible uses of Massachusetts transportation data.
In a nutshell, all the EZPass and FastLane and iZoom transponders around the country apparently could be turned into wifi hubs that would create a grid of wifi Internet signals over the highways and byways.
From Universal Hub: "Right now, she said, your typical EZPass transponder is in use maybe 30 seconds a month - as commuters pass through toll plazas. 'We have a device, we have a wireless network, and it is so under capacity,' she said."
Great thinking! Did I mention that Zipcar is one of my favorite companies? I use it all the time.
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