I worked for one of the big trash companies 15 years ago, and we looked into technologies like this to help optimize routes. The biggest challenge at the time was finding a ruggedized computer and display. We rigged up a touch screen display inside the cabin and found that the drivers would STICK THEIR FINGERS through them when they didn't react quickly enough. We toyed with the thought of RFID, but the technology simply wasn't mature enough at the time. Also, we tried to weigh the containers as the trucks were lifting them, only to find that there wasn't a good way to weigh in motion. This meant that the driver would have to lift the container, and pause it mid-lift to get an accurate reading. This actually made the route LESS productive, and was abandoned. Of course technology marches on, so I suspect it's easier to do this stuff in 2006.
The X-Fi3 keeps with the company's commitment to audio fidelity, thanks to the apt-X codec, which supposedly offers audio quality similar to a wired connection when streaming. On that front, the device also handles FLAC files.
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I worked for one of the big trash companies 15 years ago, and we looked into technologies like this to help optimize routes. The biggest challenge at the time was finding a ruggedized computer and display. We rigged up a touch screen display inside the cabin and found that the drivers would STICK THEIR FINGERS through them when they didn't react quickly enough. We toyed with the thought of RFID, but the technology simply wasn't mature enough at the time. Also, we tried to weigh the containers as the trucks were lifting them, only to find that there wasn't a good way to weigh in motion. This meant that the driver would have to lift the container, and pause it mid-lift to get an accurate reading. This actually made the route LESS productive, and was abandoned. Of course technology marches on, so I suspect it's easier to do this stuff in 2006.