{"id":480,"date":"2014-03-16T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:01:33","slug":"tunneling-through-technology-bestology-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2014\/03\/16\/tunneling-through-technology-bestology-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunneling through Technology \u2013 bESTology Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tunneling through Technology \u2013 bESTology Week 7 <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

We begin in the early 1900\u2019s with World War I generating the need for truck use and development. This need led almost immediately to truck manufacturing, long-distance shipments, inflated tires and faster speeds.\u00a0 By the 1920\u2019s, over one million trucks were on America\u2019s roads.<\/span><\/p>\n

This week\u2019s bESTology focuses on ways transportation improvements are made in the 21st<\/sup> century and how the improvements are influenced by technology.\u00a0 Transportation improvements are based on but not limited to safety (bESTology Week 5), energy efficiency (bESTology Week 2), road surfaces (bESTology Week 3), aerodynamics and traffic concerns. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Much of the newest technology involves models and simulations.\u00a0 This technology can predict how efficient a vehicle will be while traveling at high speeds vs. the urban setting, where often a vehicle is sitting in traffic.\u00a0 Of course, aerodynamics is of interest while a vehicle is in motion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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