So the whole thing works pretty much just like any regular parking sensor, only that it’s built at home using nothing more than cheap parts and an Arduino board.

Communicating over SMBus using the Arduino’s I2C hardware, it’s capable of working with the vast majority of laptop batteries out there which comply with the Smart Battery System.

By Ryan Citron The smart parking industry continues to evolve as an increasing number of cities struggle with traffic congestion and inadequate parking availability. While the deployment of sensor ...

While the city continue to grapple with parking issues, urban planning experts and Chennai Corporation officials are confident that smart-parking management systems, and multi-level car parking ...

What gives? The secret is that smart parking is really a kind of Trojan horse for capping the build-out of more parking–and creating disincentives for driving.