Tag Archives: network

B.C. pilots dynamic transit display

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09 Aug 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Transit riders standing on the corner of Highway 99 and Stevenson Highway no longer have to wonder if they were forgotten by the bus. A pilot project in a Vancouver suburb tracks buses in real time on a WiFi network and streams arrival info to a 46-inch LCD TV at the stop.

Festival Hydro transforms Stratford into WiFi hotspot

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21 Apr 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Festival Hydro puts an innovative spin on the Ontario government’s smart meter program by using the technology to transform the City of Stratford into one big 802.11n WiFi hotspot. Nearly one quarter of the city will be covered in time for the Canada 3.0 forum next month.

 

Toronto high schools install real-time communications networks

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27 Jan 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

The Toronto District School Board has launched a six-month pilot project with Onestop Media Group that will install real-time, video-based communications networks in four Toronto high schools.

 

George Bernard Shaw plays sidestep copyright headaches

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15 Apr 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

York University is taking advantage of network restrictions and IP filtering on the fibre optic ORION network to sidestep copyright issues associated with Shaw’s work.

Moving cell phones will help 680News create live traffic reports

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23 Jan 2009, ITBusiness.ca

Toronto’s popular radio station for traffic and weather information – 680News – will use raw data from hundreds of thousands of cell phones moving on city streets to access and report on actual traffic information.