Latest Bus Stories
LONDON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- eRentals.co.uk announces increase in car hire bookings with tourists travelling to and from the UK for the four-day bank holiday weekend eRentals.co.uk is predicting a significant increase in travel activity during the Queen's Jubilee bank holiday weekend, with the car hire specialist experiencing a considerable rise in car hire bookings in the UK and abroad, as tourists take advantage of the four-day break....
The Solution Creates a Single PCB Touch point for protocol analyzers, logic analyzers and oscilloscopes for Serial RapidIO and PCI Express Designs Newbury Park, CA (PRWEB) May 09, 2012 Absolute Analysis today announced the release of the Embedded Systems Probe (ESP) designed to connect to a mid-bus probe connector to monitor serial signals across backplanes using Serial RapidIO and PCI Express. This ground breaking technology effectively uses one “touch-point” on the device under...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Carroll County School District will partner with American Traffic Solutions (ATS) to deploy CrossingGuard®, ATS' new technology to help school districts address the growing problem of illegal passing of school buses that are stopped and boarding or disembarking children. Georgia leads the nation in school bus fatalities, with nearly a dozen children killed in the past five years. In response to this alarming trend, last year,...
As any city dweller knows, buses are rarely on time. It’s typical to wait a while, only to have several buses show up one after another, a phenomenon known as bus bunching. Fortunately, researchers and students at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a possible solution for bus bunching that provides better service to riders, simplifies the job of drivers and reduces work for management. Industrial & Systems Engineering Professor John Bartholdi and Georgia Tech...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret that marketing directors are on a perpetual quest for the next best thing, now they're discovering that the perfect vehicle to "drive their brand" may be a custom wrapped motorhome rental. Branded RV rentals have emerged as a cutting edge marketing tool and are becoming popular among companies looking increase their exposure and enhance their corporate identity. Florida based RV rental firm Allstar Coaches has...
About 70 employees to be recalled SAINTE-CLAIRE, QC, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Prevost, a subsidiary of the Volvo Group, specializing in the manufacture of touring coaches and bus shells, has announced a major contract to deliver 60 vehicles to Greyhound, the largest provider of intercity bus transportation in Canada and the United States. The delivery of 60 X-series coaches (X3-45 model) will be completed in October 2012. "This is excellent news for Prevost. By the end of...
The Las Vegas Review Journal reported on April 8 that one doctor has created a new business venture to "cure" a hangover. The doctor's new business is mobile, giving customers curb-side service by heading to someone's room at a hotel and giving them an IV for a variety of prices. Hangover Heaven's website states that the designated pickup areas are at the Hard Rock Hotel, Paris, Bellagio and The Cosmopolitan. The buses are equipped with two lounge areas and six bunk beds. "Once on...
SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Collins Bus Corporation announced today a complete re-design of their industry leading Type A bus. Unveiled at a recent dealer meeting, the new bus represents a culmination of several years of research and development based on input received from a wide range of customers, dealers, and employees. Marketed under the model designator NEXBUS, it will be offered throughout North America under all three brands: Collins, Mid...
Hoboken, N.J., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy, a leading provider of charter and commuter bus services in the Northeast, acquired Entertainment Tours and Coach New England, Massachusetts based bus companies. With this acquisition, Academy's charter and tour bus operations will now span from Boston to Washington, D.C. "The incorporation of Entertainment Tours and Coach New England allows Academy to provide a seamless, one-stop, client experience that encompasses our...
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa., March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Kneeling Bus will be releasing their new single "Some Girls" as a double A-side single along with the track "Galore" on vinyl and compact disc to the UK on April 10th followed by the global digital release via all major digital retail outlets on April 16th; it was officially confirmed by Blackpool Records. "Some Girls" is the fourth single from The Kneeling Bus' 2011 album "All Hail! The Kneeling Bus" and the first...
Latest Bus Reference Libraries
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) was designed to establish communication between devices and a host computer and is intended to replace many types of serial and parallel ports. The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a standard for peripheral devices that began development in 1994. It was originally intended to make it essentially easier to connect external devices to computers by replacing the many connectors that computers had and simplifying software configuration of all the devices connected to...
A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in most modern computers and holds many of the vital components of the system as well as provides connectors for other peripherals. Before the microprocessor was introduced, computers were usually made in a card-cage case or mainframe with the gears connected by a backplane that consisted of a set of slots connected with wires. In much older designs the wires were discrete connections between card connector pins, but printed circuit boards...
A bus is a subsystem that has the ability to transfer data from different computer components, whether in the same computer or two separate ones. Historically, the first computer buses were quite literally parallel electrical buses that had several connections. Today, however, the term bus can be used to describe any component of a computer that has a similar function or intent. A common example of a present day computer bus is a universal serial bus (USB). Computer buses were first created...
