Android Navigation: The Future Of Embedded Technology & GPS

It’s easy to think of global positioning systems (GPS) as the one and only device for the directionally illiterate, but there are plenty of tools that can be useful to have. Many people have replaced the traditional window-mounted GPS with their smart phone’s mapping application. We’ve all seen the maniacs with the steering wheel in one hand and their phone in the other looking for street signs. If you’re looking for a safer option, there are great mounts and also great GPS units that work directly with your Android device. This technology is the base layer for recent fast paced innovation.

Future generations will not believe navigation didn’t always come standard in vehicles (and they also will look at maps like most of us look at typewriters). And what about the driver-less cars of the future? Well, they exist! Google is testing this technology and exploring safety and legality in states like California and Washington. One can imagine the endless possibilities of this technology.

Picture waking up to an alarm clock that monitors the traffic report in your city. Backed up today? We better get up 20 minutes early. Smooth sailing? Sleep for another 15. As you get ready, your wrist watch vibrates once letting you know the traffic is getting worse and to make it on time, you’d better leave soon. The car’s remote start is triggered by an algorithm taking into consideration the temperature, time, traffic, and when the coffee was started. You leave your connected house and it locks automatically when your keys are inside the car and your car prepares you for the day reading stock quotes, weather, email, and playing voicemail.