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Rutgers Winlab is has also been testing a sensor based approach to detecting open parking spots. They're using a sensor on the car to detect open spaces and measure their sizes to see if they're suitable as parking spots. The professor leading the project There is an article that talks about it here: http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/24497/page1/ and the lead author of a paper explaining it is here, in case anyone is interested in reading about it. The paper title is ParkNet. http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/~suhas/