The Trusted Driver Consortium

There are three members of the consortium:

Kizoom

Kizoom is a software development company specialising in mobile and transport related applications.

Founded in 2000, Kizoom has an established track record of developing and running innovative services that integrate mobile, real-time and location services. These include the UK's rail journey planning and real-time services for all the UK mobile networks which Kizoom has run since 2001. Kizoom has developed large scale complex web sites using open source technologies highly relevant for the project, including National Rail Enquiries, (one of the busiest sites in the country), Leicester Traffic and Travel (an example of a map and location mashup), and TfL's mobile services, including J2ME and GPS interfacing applications on smart devices.

Kizoom uses agile development techniques which are especially well suited for complex proof of concept projects, combining as they do rigour in testing (vital to be able to integrate different subsystems), with flexibility of approach.

Acute Technology

Acute Technology is an electronics design consultancy run by Charles Palmer.

Charles has a long track record in developing and successfully marketing innovative embedded computing products. For many years he was Technical Director as DSP Design Limited, an company that designs and manufacturers embedded computers. Amongst the innovative products developed at DSP design were the first single-Eurocard embedded PC and the first credit card-sized PC.

Charles has written and implemented procedures for the Design and Development clause of ISO9001 and has managed teams of hardware and software engineers through the full project life-cycle of embedded systems, from specification to manufacture.

Acute Technology's contribution to this project is in the Trusted Driver Model itself, the OBU hardware design, and a variety of system architecture and integration activities.

DSP Design

DSP Design has been producing embedded computers and single board systems for over 20 years. They offer professional products designed and manufactured in the UK to meet professional needs. They do this by designing and supplying the best embedded computer systems in the market backed by a top-class team of experienced engineers and product specialists.

DSP Design's embedded computer systems are engineered for reliability and are used in some of the harshest environments the world has to offer. Their circuitry is designed to be buried within scientific or industrial equipment, and withstand years of knocks and vibrations. Their responsibilities within the consortium is to implement the OBU hardware. This includes providing the CAD, prototyping, assembly and test software services.