car parking

Automatically detect car parking restrictions and set a timer on your phone to let you know when you need to move your car—never get a parking ticket again because you forgot that street sweeping happens on the first crescent moon after the equinox!

Jul 15, 2024

Automotive / Cars, UI / UX

car parking, parking timer, street parking, street sweeping

Background: A car owner may sometimes be ticketed for parking in a location that was valid, but became invalid due to a highly specific restriction (e.g. “street sweeping every 2nd Tuesday, 8–9 AM”). These “rare” restrictions can be hard to remember or notice. Proposal: Thanks to modern omnipresent surveillance infrastructure, a person’s cell phone can now…
Never worry about finding a parking spot again; park in extremely small spaces thanks to this new hydraulic automobile lifting system!

Feb 10, 2020

Automotive / Cars, Design, Technology

car hydraulics, car parking, driveway, hydraulic lifting, lifted car, lifting car, park a car, parking, parking space, parking spot, tow zone, vertical parking

Background: In many cities, there are a large number of “almost-a-parking-spot” locations (for example, between two driveways) that can only fit an extremely small car. Additionally, most popular models of small cars have gotten substantially larger over time. For example, a 1959 Mini Cooper is 120 inches long, while a 2005 model is 143 inches…