Gas pumps to sport Windows
ENT News | at | by Mike
Remember that old gasoline ad about putting a "tiger in your tank?" How about Windows in your gas pump? Attendees at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week got a preview of a gas pump sporting a Windows CE logo. And it?s not just for show.
Austin, Texas-based Dresser Wayne showed off a pump it plans to ship soon that will feature a version of Windows CE embedded as part of what it calls its iX Technology Platform. Besides dispensing gas, the pump -- dubbed the Ovation iX fuel dispenser -- aims to simplify drivers? lives, according to the company.