Blog#5 Bits & Bytes

After we talked about the concept of bits and bytes, I have a better idea of how different format of file can have different sizes. The example of WAV and MP3 is a great demonstration of how we can maintain a same quality of a file while significantly reduce the size of the file, it a smart idea to compress the file by discard the parts that we don’t need.

I think this idea can be used in other fields as well than the music products. For my system, I think the information that is being transmitted in the system can be compressed before the distributions. We can just keep the basic data and discard the extra or attached information, this would highly reduce the bits of information running on the system network and this would significantly increase the efficiency of the system.  Efficiency is the key for this Urban parking navigation system because the purpose of this system is to reduce the city traffic and increase efficiency of the urban transportation system.  I would definitely integrate this way of filtering information and increase efficiency.