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August 19, 2011

Big Brother' on roads? Nope, just 'weather boxes

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A "weather box" is installed atop the cab of a Freightliner truck. Precipitation and skylight sensors are on the outer casing; temperature, pressure, relative humidity and ozone sensors are inside. The box is made by Weather Telematics of Ottawa, Canada.Aiming to plug highway-sized gaps in weather reporting, the National Weather Service is funding mobile stations atop hundreds of trucks that instantly transmit data.


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