Electronic Component News   Top 10 must-see posts for November
Thu, 12/06/2012 - 3:38pm The ECN Editors     1. This “smart”
traffic light could cut commutes by 60 percent     By Kasey
Panetta, Associate Editor     By moving away from the
traditional traffic-light infrastructure and to a more modern
approach, a group of researchers is claiming they can reduce
commutes by 40 to 60 percent. By utilizing smart technology,
which allows cars to communicate with each other to address each
traffic situation instead of using a preprogrammed algorithm,
the team has created a new kind of traffic light that works from
inside the car.    2. Saudi Arabia's new "tracking" system for
women     By Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor    3. In defense of
the Tesla Model S     By Kasey Panetta, Associate Editor    4.
Why Android is beating Apple     By Kasey Panetta, Associate
Editor     It wasn’t so long ago the Apple was the phone to
have. Yes, there were the holdouts who took a dislike to the
brand’s smartphone monopoly, but for