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Watch Sampo Hietanen, CEO of ITS Finland, talk about the promising future of traffic apps
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“The impact of good and bad driving can mean a 25% variance on whole life vehicle costs, a study has found. The company says that according to figures compiled from among its customer base, the…
fleetworld.co.uk
The ACFO is the UK’s premier representative organisation for fleet decision-makers in charge of cars and light commercial vehicles. The organisation exists to help fleet decision-makers improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their business travel…
Dan Gilkes writes… “Telematic systems, from the most basic vehicle tracking to an all-encompassing fleet management solution such as TomTom’s Worksmart, can save time and money. Simply knowing where vehicles are is a vital component…
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In the hodos office, we think this looks fun ! Can the same principles make drivers safer too? “Anyone who’s played racing videogames like Gran Turismo or even Mario Kart knows the ghost car—the hologram…
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The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) hosts the 2014 World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, September 7-11, 2014 in Detroit, Michigan in partnership with ERTICO and ITS Asia-Pacific. MD of hodos, Kevin Prescott,…
Delegates voted hodos’ session on using gamification techniques within the transport sector as the best session of the 10th ITS European Congress in Helsinki, Finland. The popularity of the session shows that a user-centric design approach is…
Hodos is pleased to hear that Pleasecycle have won the ITS inyourpocket app award. Pleasecycle won in the category of Sustainable urban mobility for encouraging and motivating people to travel by bike and other sustainable travelling…
Fleetfoot, a concept by hodos has been shortlisted in the top ten apps for the ITS in your pocket contest. The shortlist, which was compiled from 50+ entries from all over the world, was as…
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We love this TEDtalk from Jane McGonigal “Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.”
In June, the 10th ITS European Congress will welcome 2500 people from 65 countries to Helsinki to attend 100+ sessions and visit 47 exhibitor stands at the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre. Kevin will be…
Gamification to encourage safe driving – in action! We love this idea of a Speed Camera Lottery…
Teams, made up of engineering students from universities across England, Scotland and Wales are competing in the “Formula Student Diesel Eco Driving Challenge”. As reported on www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk, Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock, started the inaugural challenge…
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Many businesses are using gamification to get people hooked on their products and services — and it is working, thanks to smartphones and the Internet.
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Berlin, Germany-based Facebook application metrics provider AppStats has done some analysis of the top social games in 2012, and noticed that Zynga is both the biggest loser and the biggest winner of the year.
hbr.org
If you’re a manager of a large business, you know the challenges involved in retaining talented people, guiding their progress toward important objectives, and having them feel a deep sense of engagement with the organization.…
gamelab.mit.edu
This post on Explore looks at a fascinating new game from MIT Game Lab. The game imagines a reality where the speed of light is slower. Much slower. This means your movements approach the speed…
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Our head of product development James Burgess writes about the benefits game mechanics can bring to intelligent Transport systems. Turn to page 49 to read the whole article.
We have just returned from a week at the ITS world congress in Vienna. This is the intelligent transport industry chance to show off its technology. And it was the first time that I, as…
Hodos Media announced today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with game production company Mudlark to acquire its innovative public transport game Chromaroma. Hodos Media will work with Mudlark to bring Chromaroma to new…
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With gamification being a great way to retain and engage users, a new study by SessionM shows that their tools helped increase retention by 35 percent and increased engagement by 250 percent.