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Ford: Solving the Internet’s ‘last inch’ problem at 70 mph

By Larry Dignan

K. Venkatesh Prasad, head of Ford’s infotronics research and advanced engineering team, sees the auto as one big mashup—where computing and the car cabin will meld together to create intelligence that will make a driver’s life easier. The open ended question for Prasad is how to get there.

Ford has been working diligently to create a platform that will make in-cabin technology as big of a buying point as reliability, design and safety. However, the rules for this technology push are still being written. It’s not easy to solve “the last inch” problem in a car cockpit where things like social networking, calls and other things on the Internet we take for granted come together at 70 miles per hour. Read the rest of this entry →

Keith Whann presents T.ogether A.utomotive R.etailing P.rospers (TARP) to a crowd at the Manheim Central Auto Auction in Orlando.
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