<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/hatchbacks/" rel="tag">Hatchback</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/ford-american-journey-2-0"><img hspace="0" border="0" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>AJ the Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/#2978891"><img hspace="0" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" class="right border" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-18opt.jpg" /></a>While engineering students at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/04/fords-cloud-computing-future-starts-with-students/">University of Michigan</a> were figuring out how to turn the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fiesta">Ford Fiesta</a> into a rolling iPad, engineers from Ford's infortronics research group were doing the same thing. On Thursday, those engineers and students will set out from Dearborn on a road trip in separate though equally wired (wireless?) Fiestas to San Mateo, CA for the <a href="http://www.makerfaire.com/">Maker Faire</a>. The Ford engineers will be driving a green Fiesta they've dubbed AJ for American Journey 2.0. <br />
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AJ has a trunk full of computer gear including a router and two different mobile broadband modems to keep it connected. The Ford car will have three in-house developed applications in addition to a caravan tracker application developed by the UM students. Ford has launched a web-site at <a href="http://americanjourney2.com/fordindex.php">AmericanJourney2</a> where people can follow the trip and participate as the two Fiestas make their way across the country. Read on to learn more about Ford's effort to connect this Fiesta to the Internet. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/">Ford American Journey 2.0</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/">Ford's American Journey 2.0</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/caravantrack_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/fueltracker_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/greenridechallenge_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/listenspeakrateshare_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/msucloudcomputing_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford turns Fiesta into ultimate mobile hot-spot and cloud-linked cruiser</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/">Ford turns Fiesta into ultimate mobile hot-spot and cloud-linked cruiser</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 13 May 2010 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19474926/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>AJ the Fiesta - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/#2978891"><img hspace="0" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" class="right border" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-18opt.jpg" /></a>While engineering students at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/04/fords-cloud-computing-future-starts-with-students/">University of Michigan</a> were figuring out how to turn the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fiesta">Ford Fiesta</a> into a rolling iPad, engineers from Ford's infortronics research group were doing the same thing. On Thursday, those engineers and students will set out from Dearborn on a road trip in separate though equally wired (wireless?) Fiestas to San Mateo, CA for the <a href="http://www.makerfaire.com/">Maker Faire</a>. The Ford engineers will be driving a green Fiesta they've dubbed AJ for American Journey 2.0. <br />
<br />
AJ has a trunk full of computer gear including a router and two different mobile broadband modems to keep it connected. The Ford car will have three in-house developed applications in addition to a caravan tracker application developed by the UM students. Ford has launched a web-site at <a href="http://americanjourney2.com/fordindex.php">AmericanJourney2</a> where people can follow the trip and participate as the two Fiestas make their way across the country. Read on to learn more about Ford's effort to connect this Fiesta to the Internet. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/">Ford American Journey 2.0</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-02_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-03_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-01_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-05_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/ford-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/aj-the-fiesta-1280-06_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/">Ford's American Journey 2.0</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/caravantrack_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/fueltracker_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/greenridechallenge_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/listenspeakrateshare_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/fords-american-journey-2-0/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/05/msucloudcomputing_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Ford turns Fiesta into ultimate mobile hot-spot and cloud-linked cruiser</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/">Ford turns Fiesta into ultimate mobile hot-spot and cloud-linked cruiser</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Thu, 13 May 2010 12:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19474926/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/13/ford-fiesta-ultimate-mobile-hot-spot-and-cloud-li/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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