NXP and Cohda teach cars to communicate with 802.11p, hopes to commercialize tech by 2014

Ford promised to give our cars X-ray vision , and this little blue box might be the key — it’s apparently the first standardized hardware platform for peer-to-peer automobile communications. Called C2X (for “car-to-x”), the module inside is the product of Cohda Wireless and near-field communications gurus at NXP , and it uses 802.11p WiFi to let equipped cars see one another around blind corners, through other vehicles, or even chat with traffic signals up to a mile away. Pocket-lint got a look at the technology during Automotive Week, and got a good idea of when we can expect the tech; NXP says it should begin rolling out in 2014, and hopes to have 10 percent of the cars on the road gleefully gabbing by 2020. Continue reading NXP and Cohda teach cars to communicate with 802.11p, hopes to commercialize tech by 2014 NXP and Cohda teach cars to communicate with 802.11p, hopes to commercialize tech by 2014 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 May 2011 22:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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