Singapore Car Parks

I am in Singapore this week for business. Because of my limited access to the Internet, I will not be able to blog consistently.

We parked in one of the many car parks in the city today, and I noticed that the parking structure had a sensor above each spot. The sensor allows the car park to know what spots are open. Open spots have green LEDs. In addition, a board announces the number of open spots on each level.

I noticed this when I was in Europe too. It strikes me as odd that I have never seen this type of system in the US. There may be a few in the US that have this system, but it it isn’t that common.

Explaining Google Wave

I found this video through Zeb Dropkin’s blog. (Side-note: I went to high-school with Zeb.) Very simple explanation of what Google Wave is, and some of the benefits. No, I do not have any invites to give.