The Port Canaveral Pink Ribbon Walk And Port Fest is an unique, family oriented event, benefiting the Space Coast Cancer Foundation. Come out and enjoy a day full of family fun, a day in which you can contribute to an important cause. All you have to do is donate $20 and you are officially part of the Pink Ribbon Walk.

In addition, you can also shop, sample specialties from the local restaurants at Flavor of the Port, participate in the famous Bed & Bathtub Race and try your skills at the Peel & Eat Shrimp Eating Contest.

The event will take place at The Cove on Glen Cheek Drive in Port Canaveral on October 5, 2013. The beginning is scheduled for 9 a.m. and different activities will run through the whole day, until 6 p.m.

Car safety technologies are becoming a more and more important problem with the more cars flooding the roads. Auto makers seek to equip vehicles with more so-called active safety features, such as lane departure warnings or forward collision alerts—technology that aims to help drivers avoid a crash, rather than dull the blow of one that has already occurred The three-point seatbelt and the airbags. The three-point seatbelt and the airbags used to be innovative ones, now they are just not enough.

Auto makers today are using radars, lasers and other sensors in some vehicles to help drivers avoid crashes by detecting what’s around them. But what about potential dangers lurking out of sight, such as a pedestrian stepping out into traffic from behind a parked car? Wouldn’t it be nice if people could use their cellphones to prevent car accidents?

Honda Motor Co.  thinks it has a solution for that. The Japanese auto maker is working on technology that alerts pedestrians to oncoming cars and sends a warning to their cellphones if they’re about to be struck. Likewise, the technology also warns drivers of crossing pedestrians and passing motorcycles blocked from view.

“The sensors we have now are for the immediate surroundings,” said Art St. Cyr, vice president of product planning and logistics for Honda’s American division, during a presentation of some of the company’s advanced safety features.

“These technologies are looking past that, two or three cars up ahead or what you can’t see around the corner,” he added.

Honda’s system uses a phone’s Global Positioning System to send signals to the car about where a pedestrian is located, in what direction they’re traveling and how fast they’re going. It also tells the vehicle whether this person is texting, making a call or listening to music.

The application then calculates the risk of a vehicle-pedestrian collision, and if one is found, alerts the driver with alarms sounding in the car and a flashing display that says “brake.” The pedestrian’s phone also gets a warning to “watch out” and makes a honking sound.