Are We There Yet?

Electronic entertainment systems have been a considerable boon to helping alleviate the dull side of travel: for a long time, cars have been equipped with radios or cassette players, and commercial airplanes have provided audio programming and a limited selection of movies. Over the past 10 years, pervasive computing technologies have contributed to mobile entertainment´s evolving capabilities. Reflecting on this evolution for some of the most popular forms of transportation reveals that although there were initially few improvements, capabilities are now improving at a breakneck pace. This department is part of a special issue on Intelligent Transportation.