The daily commute to and from work, tedious errands and long drives will soon be more enjoyable, according to Alain Kornhauser GS '69, '71, an operations research and financial engineering professor.

Mobile computing originally meant laptops, then smartphones. Increasingly, though, new cars are powerful computing platforms -- and starting to pack more compute power than laptops and even desktops.

In-vehicle connectivity is becoming a standard for even the most classic of automotive marques, and few come more classic than the Mini, whose drivers can now activate the personal embedded subscriber ...