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.

The Port Canaveral Authority announced that the new Dave Nisbet Road realignment will be completed Wednesday evening, allowing the road to be open to the public on Thursday morning, August 22^nd, 2013.

The Authority, however, appeals to people with a request to remove all off-premises signs, which were allowed during the recontruction to help visitors and customers better find their way to the Cove and other areas, no later than 5pm on the Wednesday afternoon. Any remaining signs after Wednesday in the right of ways or on the fences will be removed and disposed by the contractor or Port staff.

The Dave Nisbet Road was closed on May 20, 2013, due to the construction of a new state-of-the-art Welcome Center. It will be the centerpiece of an extensive redevelopment of The Cove harborside dining and retail area, as well as a community hub, repository of local history, visitor magnet and gateway to the region’s attractions.

The Port Canaveral Welcome Center is just the beginning of an extensive Canaveral Port Authority project to redevelop The Cove harborside marketplace area and bring significant benefits to local businesses and Brevard County’s overall economy.

NOAA Fisheries announced the opening of the 2013 commercial and the recreational red snapper fishing season (also known as the red snapper “mini-season” or “sport season”) in South Atlantic federal waters.

The recreational fishing season will open for one weekend made up of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The recreational red snapper season opens at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 23, 2013, and closes at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 26 , 2013.  During the open recreational season, the bag limit is one fish per person per day and there is no minimum size limit for red snapper.  NOAA Fisheries may change the commercial and recreational season dates if severe weather conditions (like a hurricane or tropical storm) exist.  If severe weather conditions exist, NOAA Fisheries will announce via NOAA Weather Radio and a Fishery Bulletin any change in the red snapper fishing seasons.  After the conclusion of the recreational fishing season, red snapper may not be harvested or possessed under the bag limit in federal waters of the South Atlantic.