Smart Card-Based Vehicle Ignition Systems: Security, Regulatory Compliance, Drug and Impairment Detection, Through Advanced Materials and Authentication Technologies

Processes, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(3), P. 911 - 911

Published: March 19, 2025

This study investigates the integration of smart card readers into vehicle ignition systems as a multifaceted solution to enhance security, regulatory compliance, and road safety. By implementing real-time driver verification, encryption protocols (AES-256, RSA), multifactor authentication, system significantly reduces unauthorized use improves accident prevention. A critical advancement this research is incorporation automated drug impairment detection prevent driving under influence substances, including illicit drugs prescription medications. Risk models estimate that drug-related accidents could be reduced by 7.65% through these technologies systems, assuming high compliance rates. The evaluates applications leveraging same sensor-based monitoring used for detection. These can facilitate tracking medication intake physiological responses, offering new possibilities safety in medical transportation assisted technologies. High-performance polymers such polyetheretherketone (PEEK) durability thermal stability readers, while blockchain-based verification strengthens data security compliance. Despite challenges related cost (USD 100–300 per unit) adherence ISO standards, innovations position card-based comprehensive, technology-driven approach prevention, monitoring.

Language: Английский

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Impact of Digital Economy Industrial Agglomeration on Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of the Four City Clusters Along the Eastern Seaboard of China

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(7), P. 3053 - 3053

Published: March 29, 2025

Digital economy industrial agglomeration is significant for economic development and the realization of “dual carbon” goals. Based on point interest (POI) data digital enterprises, this study uses kernel density estimation, a fixed-effect model, spatial Durbin other methods to analyze spatiotemporal characteristics in four major urban clusters along east coast China examines their corresponding influence carbon emissions, including spillover effects. The key conclusions are as follows: First, industry degree display increasing trends. high low west, with high-value areas characterized by core prominence orderly expansion. Second, negative relationship observed between specialized significantly reducing while diversified has weaker effect. Third, emissions exhibits effects heterogeneity. These findings provide theoretical basis regional have significance reference formulation energy conservation carbon-reduction policies.

Language: Английский

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Technology Development in Online Grocery Shopping—From Shopping Services to Virtual Reality, Metaverse, and Smart Devices: A Review

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(23), P. 3959 - 3959

Published: Dec. 8, 2024

This paper presents a review of the technologies and services associated with online grocery shopping. The progress in field shopping has been very rapid recent years. Hence, there was need to systematize knowledge about latest various solutions used this topic. authors searched internet, focusing on websites different supermarkets, shops, other that offer shopping, as well reviewed scientific papers. Based collected material, created four thematic parts, which include: (1) supermarket services; (2) dedicated delivery farm-to-table; (3) Virtual Reality metaverse; smart devices (4) AI food ordering-the last part includes devices, such refrigerators, ovens, their functionality, connected them. refer 243 sources. research three following objectives: exploring presenting emerging applied ways technological advances related digitalization discussing upcoming technologies, services, methods provides wide range offered by both supermarkets stores (e.g., applications, VR metaverse shopping) companies deliveries, product tracking), highlighting numerous functions available thanks voice control, own lists, control products, quantities expiration dates, management user preferences, many more). also discusses social issues presented solutions, influence consumer behavior, barriers adoption, challenges.

Language: Английский

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Energy-Saving Geospatial Data Storage—LiDAR Point Cloud Compression

Energies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(24), P. 6413 - 6413

Published: Dec. 20, 2024

In recent years, the growth of digital data has been unimaginable. This also applies to geospatial data. One largest types is LiDAR point clouds. Their large volumes on disk, both at acquisition and processing stages, in final versions translate into a high demand for disk space therefore electricity. It obvious that order reduce energy consumption, lower carbon footprint activity sensitize sustainability digitization industry, lossless compression aforementioned datasets good solution. this article, new format clouds—3DL—is presented, effectiveness which compared with 21 available formats can contain A total 404 processes were carried out validate 3DL file format. The validation was based four clouds stored LAS files: two files derived from ALS (airborne laser scanning), one local coordinate system other PL-2000; obtained by TLS (terrestrial same georeferencing (local national PL-2000). During research, each saved 101 different ways 22 formats, results then several (according system, data, within single time processing). validated solution (3DL) achieved CR (compression rate) around 32% 42% while best solutions reached 15% 34% TLS. On hand, worst method compressed up 424.92% (ALS_PL2000). significant reduction size contributes consumption during storage clouds, their transmission over internet and/or copy/transfer. For all solutions, rankings developed according CT time) parameters.

Language: Английский

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Energy Waste as a Side-Effect of Photovoltaic Development: Net Impact of Photovoltaics on CO2 Emissions in European Union Countries

Energies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(1), P. 78 - 78

Published: Dec. 28, 2024

Decarbonization policies are being implemented in all EU countries where renewable energy is developed. One of the main sources used for this purpose photovoltaic energy. However, development photovoltaics does not only mean environmental benefits form green and thus a reduction greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel production, but also waste. The generates waste, some which cannot be recovered, turn has negative impact on emissions. aim article to analyse amount waste European Union net Data Eurostat Our World In Data. analysis will carried out majority countries, excluding smallest whose data may distort overall results. should show PV analysed changes over period studied. results indicate whether decarbonization similar across analysed, or there clusters due PV, them.

Language: Английский

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