IBM has announced that two industry leaders, Asahi Kasei and Central Glass, will join its Battery 500 Project team and collaborate on far-reaching research with the potential to accelerate the switch from gasoline to electricity as the primary power source for vehicles. In 2009, IBM Research pioneered a sustainable mobility project to develop lithium-air battery technology capable of powering a family-sized electric car for approximately 500 miles (800 km) on a single charge.
A new series of compact ticket printer has been launched at Intertraffic by GeBE. The GeBE-Compact Plus printers have been designed for small spaces and tight enclosures. Crucially, the new machines print tickets transversely instead of longitudinally, so a smaller roll of paper is used for the same number of tickets. GeBE is exhibiting its bespoke printers for kiosk applications, ticketing and parking machines and access control systems.
Machine vision-based cameras can support many high-end transport applications. System suppliers, keen to improve access to products and potential utility, continue to work to improve performance and price point, and examples of the latest and best are on display here at Intertraffic.
