Parking Meters

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San Francisco Parking Meters To Adjust Prices Based On Demand

1:41AM August 10, 2010 | Adam Frucci

In order to help control the parking situation in San Francisco, the city is set to install smart parking meters that will lower or raise their prices depending on demand. More »

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75 Year Ago Today, The First Parking Meter

5:40AM May 14, 2010 | Tony Borroz - Wired.com

1935: An entrepreneurial politician files a patent application for a device that will elicit curses and contempt from generations of motorists: the parking meter. More »

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Insecure Electronic Parking Meters Can Be Hacked For Infinite Money

2:02AM August 1, 2009 | Jason Chen

Two presenters at Black Hat 2009 just demonstrated their ability to hack into parking meters in San Francisco (and theoretically anywhere with this kind of system) to give unlimited money on their parking payment cards. More »

Parking Meters Fake Their Own Deaths to Slap Motorists with Parking Violations

10:20AM February 26, 2009 | Gizmodo US Edition

In Washington D.C., parking meters are allegedly out to destroy the human race as “out-of-order” meters are suddenly coming back to life and repairing themselves, leaving a number of motorists with “wrongful” parking tickets.

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Parking Meters From Hell

5:20AM January 10, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Fair warning—crazy French smart meters that detect the presence of cars and tell nearby authorities to come and bust you are making their way to the UK. Are we next?

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