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 Telematics Market Get Passing Grade Just because the kids are on vacation doesn’t mean the electronics industry should ignore opportunities in the North American school bus telematics market. Increasing concerns over the safety and security of students, rising fuel prices, increasing overhead expenditures, and other operational issues have made the incorporation of school bus telematics systems indispensable. In fact, the telematics market is primed for growth between 2008 and 2014, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan. North American School Bus Telematics Market finds that the market earned revenues of over US$25.9 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach $109.8 million in 2014. Currently, telematics technologies under development aim to facilitate student/driver monitoring and tracking, vehicle inspections, guideline compliance, geofencing, back-office automation, vehicle performance monitoring, maintenance scheduling, remote diagnostics, prognostics, communications, mobile resource management, and integration through web- and telecommunication-based applications. “The North American school bus telematics market aims to increase market penetration by developing innovative and cost effective telematics solutions that meet the unique safety, security and mobile resource management needs of the school districts and fleets,” says research analyst Neelu Singh. “Increasing awareness and better understanding of the productivity and security benefits offered by school bus telematics are expected to stimulate the market’s growth.” Furthermore, several technologies built upon biometrics, RFID, video surveillance, and other enabling technologies, such as wireless LAN, that support real-time high-bandwidth data transfer mechanisms necessary for student and driver monitoring/tracking are being developed. The commercialization of these technologies and services will enhance the applicability of school bus telematics as well as bring in the next wave of adoption. If you’re keeping abreast of these and other electronics industry trends in Canadian Electronics magazine, then move to the front of the class. Tim Gouldson, |
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Wireless: The IEEE Communications Society (IEEE ComSoc), the leading worldwide professional organization dedicated to the advancement of communications technologies, has launched a Web site at www.ieee-wcet.org to provide detailed information, ongoing updates and free online resources highlighting the newly-introduced Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (IEEE WCET) Certification Program. Unveiled earlier this year, the IEEE WCET program was designed by IEEE ComSoc to aid the global wireless industry’s growing need for qualified communications professionals with practical experience and advanced problem-solving skills. Remote temperature measurement:
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