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System
lets your thumbs read the e-mail -- while
you drive
The Great
Lakes IT Report covers the technology world
broadly, but from a Michigan perspective. It
includes coverage of hardware, software, the
life sciences, alternative energy, advanced
manufacturing and advanced automotive
technology, including telematics and
alternative fuel powertrain. (More
about Great Lakes IT Report). Mr.
Matt Roush, Editor of the Great Lakes IT
report ran into us on several occasions and
we finally had the opportunity to
demonstrate the system to him in person.
Follow this
link to read the full story on
www.greatlakesitreport.com or click
here to download the PDF version. I
think he liked it.
Connected Vehicle Preview by Mike Wendland,
Detroit Free Press Convergence Editor
Mr. Wendland stopped by our stand a took a
snap preview of our system. Please
click on the photo to preview the short
video.
Inventor: Now's the time for telematics
Source: Oakland Business Review, November
2006
Innovators are business people who think a
new way whether that's an innovative
product, process or business strategy. It's
not just about manufacturing or technology,
either. It's about those companies leading
Michigan out of the rust belt.
It's been 20 years in development, but
Mouhamad Naboulsi sees his automotive
product to be more applicable then ever
before.........See
the complete article
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Arab
American News, Dearborn, Michigan USA.
The Arab American News technology reporter,
Ali Suleiman, wrote an article about
STMCGateway. The article was unique in a
sense that it did delve in to the history of
the development and our IP priority.
Excerpts are available to the right. The
full (web) version can be downloaded
here
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حاصل على
براءات اختراع من الولايات المتحدة والاتحاد
الأوروبي
مخترع عربي يبتكر نظرية «نظام القيادة الآمنة»
محمد النابلسي: الأدمغة موجودة ولكن .. أين
المستثمرين؟
هامترامك - خاص
«صدى الوطن»
علي سليمان
لطالما كانت
مشكلة تَشتت ذهن السائق اثناء القيادة من
الاسباب الرئيسة في حوادث السير. وتتوزع تلك
الاسباب على نشاطات متنوعة يمارسها سائقو
السيارات يوميا ابتداء من استعمال الهاتف الى
استقبال المكالمات او التنقل بين محطات
الراديو وغيرها. وتشير الاحصاءات ان
70
بالمئة من حوادث السير تحدث بسبب انصراف نظر
السائق عن الطريق.
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Safety while driving
and multitasking. (SHORT Takes) (Brief article)
Source: Rural
Telecommunications
Publication Date:
01-MAY-06
Author: Ward, Jesse
COPYRIGHT 2006
National Telephone Cooperative Association
You've surely
experienced it. Perhaps you've even been the culprit.
Drivers who talk on their cell phones and appear
distracted from the road. Without question, every driver
wants to be safe, but they also want to maximize the use
of their time and multitask.
To address these new safety issues, a product is
currently in the works to allow drivers to use their
handheld communications devices without taking their
hands off the wheel, or their eyes off the road. The
STMCGateway will allow the driver to access his handheld
device with a one touch button on the steering wheel.
The driver's handheld device rests in a cradle that is
linked to the car's network through a combination of
wireless technology and a USB connector. The cradle
works with any make and model of car, and any type of
cell phone, PDA, BlackBerry or other portable device.
The STMCGateway also will provide additional value-added
safety features. It will:
* evaluate the driving conditions, based upon preset
driver preferences, and determine if it's a good time
for a driver to receive a call or an audible e-mail. If
it's not, the call will be sent directly to voicemail.
* link with sensors to diagnose the driver's physical
condition, by taking the driver's heart rate, blood
alcohol level and blood pressure
* contain a programmable memory alarm that can be set to
alert a driver who is involved with communications
activities when he is approaching certain intersections
or traffic signals
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
[www.applikompt.com]
Compiled by Jesse Ward, NTCA Publications Manager
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15635358_ITM
Autotech daily: TELEMATICS INTERFACE PROMISES TO
LIMIT DISTRACTIONS, 03/17/2006
Contents © 2006 Hampton AutoBeat LLC. All rights
reserved.
www.autotechdaily.com
Applied Computer Technologies Inc. (Applikompt) of
Bloomfield Hills, Mich., says its “safe Telematics
monitoring and control gateway” system can help minimize
driver distraction by controlling the use of cell
phones, PDAs and navigation devices based on driving
conditions and driver-specific factors. It takes into
account the real-time environment, vehicle operating
history and task management data.
For starters, drivers must have both hands on the
steering wheel to initiate operations. Incoming calls,
for example, are answered via thumb controls on the
steering wheel. The system will offer to send an
incoming call or audible e-mail into Voice mail if it’s
received during acceleration, braking or turn signal
use—and it can be programmed to alert a driver already
on the phone when approaching a busy intersection.
Special customization features also can be added to fit
driver preferences and driving styles. And the system
can be linked to sensors to detect heart rate, blood
alcohol levels, blood pressure or drowsiness.
Applikompt says it is still in the initial stages of
talking with automakers and cell phone service providers
about its technology. The company plans to debut the
system in the aftermarket starting at about $200. The
software can be hosted on an existing in-vehicle
processor, a portable aftermarket device or on a remote
computer at a call center.
The company was formed in 1985 by two Wayne State
University students. Over the years, it has developed
several information technology-based systems.
Forum & Link (Almontada): Arab American Innovation
(October 2005- Dearborn, Michigan)
Have you ever wished for a device
that would allow you, the driver, to keep your eyes on
the road and hands onthe wheel while you talk on the
phone, send an email, or even turn on your blinker?
Dreams can become reality.......(See
full story
by Sueheila M. Amen)
Auto Insight: Smarter Steering Wheel Helps Drivers,
(October 2004- Detroit, Michigan)
Auto
Insight, a TV weekly auto news magazine hosted by Guy
Gordon, on NBC affiliates WDIV, did a story on our
product
after an interview in October 2004. Click
here
to read their impression of the STMCGATEWAYTM
HOWITM interface. The interview was also
featured on TV in November during the weekly automotive
news journal bearing the same name.
Sensor
Eradicates Driver distraction, (Detroit
Auto Scene, November 15, 2004 - Detroit, Michigan)
Mouhamad Naboulsi,
President (manaboulsi AT
actplace.net)
Gabrielle Gamache,
Staff writer for the automotive industry publisher
(Springer Publication), wrote about STMCGateway before.
This time around, Under that definitive title, Gabrielle
had a chance to experience how the system works for her
self. "Sweet" was the word she repeated the most when
navigating through the various options of the system.
Engineers who read her articles stated that this is the
best explanation of how the system works and recommended
that we take note for future presentation. In addition
to Detroit Auto Scene, the article appeared in two
additional automotive publications, The Oakland Tech
News and The Tech Center News. We will send you a copy
of the article upon request.
High-tech auto
gadgets could reduce accidents (Detroit News article
October 19, 2004)
Mouhamad Naboulsi,
President (manaboulsi AT
actplace.net)
During
Convergence2004, Reporter
Nick Bunkley
of the
Detroit News
stopped by our booth and witness a demonstration of the
device. His comments can be found on the following
link:
http://www.detnews.com/2004/autosinsider/0410/20/c01-307999.htm.
Convergence2004
news
Mouhamad Naboulsi,
President (manaboulsi AT
actplace.net)
Mr. John
McElroy, A Detroit automotive icon and the host of
Radio and TV shows about the auto industry,
(Autoline Detroit),
witnessed a demo and gave the system a "TWO THUMBS UP".
Additional European, American and Japanese media
representatives stopped by as well, we will post their
articles on this site once we get them.
We received
excellent leads from leading Telecom, Tier 1, 2 and
OEMs. Theses leads were almost evenly split between
national and international companies and they included
Telecom as well as Automotive companies. On behalf of
my colleagues at ACT and
EnGenius,
I want to thank all those who stopped by, and we look
forward to working with you in the near future.
DCX Debuts driver advocates
system, (Car Country News, June 30, 2003- Detroit,
Michigan)
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President
(manaboulsi AT actplace.net)
Gabrielle Gamache, Oakland Tech
News. "Every day, the industry learns a little more
about the issue of driver's distraction, but engineers
at DaimlerChrysler Corp. have designed a system that
gets at the root of the problem: Keeping driver's focus
on the road. The system called "Drivers Advocate", was
developed in collaborative effort between Motorola and
Chrysler Group Engineers and is integrated into the
steering wheel of the vehicle........The effort also
involved researchers and graduate students at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab in
Cambridge ......". after further details that can be
summarized by the following
slide from STMCGateway
presentation. The
story wraps up with the following paragraph
Meanwhile, the West
Bloomfield-based company, Applikompt has also developed
a product designed to prevent driver distraction. Known
as Safe Telematics Monitoring and Control Gateway,
(STMC), Applikompt officials say it's getting a close
look from automakers and their suppliers.
Comment: We have presented
our product to DCX long before they went to MIT for help
with the system, (Documented fact). Many of the
features/functions on the 300 MIT attributed to the
research above are actually patented and patent pending
features of STMCGATEWAY.
We will send you a copy of the
article upon request.
System aims at
distraction, (Tech Center News, April 21, 2003- Detroit,
Michigan)
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President
(manaboulsi AT actplace.net)
Gabrielle Gamache, Oakland Tech
News. With some states banning certain uses of cell
phones, driver distraction is one of those issues that
could be considered "eternally popular".
Now, a West Bloomfield company is
polishing up a product they say can help prevent the
majority of factors surrounding driver
distraction...... The story continues to highlights the
functionality of the device and the simplicity of the
controls. We will send you a copy of the article upon
request.
Mouhamad Naboulsi, President
(manaboulsi AT actplace.net)
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The Vehicle Component 5/02 No
5
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2002 .
Scandinavian
Automotive Suppliers (Magazine)
Assisting the driver
Most road
accidents happen when the driver's mind is not on his
driving. There are two main reasons for this. Either
the driver is
not fit for driving. He
is drunk, drugged, on medicine, ill, tired, dement,
mentally disturbed, etc. Or, if he is perfectly well
and alert, he
doesn't concentrate on
his driving but on other things.
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The
obvious way to make the roads safer is therefore
to identify and stop those who are not fit to
drive, and to make those who are fit concentrate
on their driving and nothing else. Fit drivers
who keep their hands 10-to-2 or 9-to 3 on the
steering wheel, their eyes on the road and their
mind on the driving very rarely have any
accidents.
However, it is very difficult to detect and do
something about drivers not engaged in their
driving. Road safety authorities and the
police can only control and
punish unwanted behavior, mainly the speed.
This brings cash to public budgets and makes
people believe it will actually solve the
problem. it doesn't.
It merely makes traffic
less efficient and fluent and
possibly cause more accidents, because people
believe legal driving is safe driving and take
their minds off their driving.
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Telematic driver control
Telematics offer ways to watch and control the
awareness of a driver. Several companies
work with detectors following the driver's eyes,
registering alcohol or vital physical functions,
etc. Among these are:
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Renault
works on a system that will warn drivers
falling asleep
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The Swedish supplier
firm Smart eye works on a
system that follows the driver vision.
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Another Swedish
supplier, Active Attention ,
works on a system coupling car control to
the human mind and sensorial functions and
surveying these functions.
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At the Telematics
conference in Gothenburg on June 26 and 27,
the American Innovator Mouhamad R. Naboulsi
showed his electronically controlled system
that makes the car move only if the driver
keeps his hands properly on the steering
wheel and his eyes on the road. The system
can be adjusted to individual drivers and
moved between cars.
He can be reached on
+1-313-506-2314, +1 (248)388-0211
E-mail:
manaboulsi@actplace.net
www.actplace.net
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Mouhamad
Naboulsi, President (manaboulsi AT actplace.net)
Safe Telematics Monitoring
and Controls Gateway (STMCGateway): a solution to
Telematics-caused driver distraction by
Mouhamad Naboulsi, Applied Computer Technologies,
Inc. (“Applikompt”) in Detroit, Michigan:
www.actplace.net/stmcg.htm
Originally
submitted to the US DOT-sponsored National
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative meeting in Washington
DC, on May 15th
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