Future of autonomous cars with Blockchain
While tech giant Google is testing autonomous cars, prestigious car makers around the world are making the vehicles safe with 5G,...
Read MoreThe ethical and moral conundrum of self driving cars
You have probably heard these phrases your entire life, “trust your instincts”, and “trust your gut intuition”. Those moments when you...
Read MoreExploring XPeng’s self-driving tech live — 1 hour+, no interventions!
I recently went on an exclusive test drive of XPeng’s “City Navigation Guided Pilot” (CNGP) in the city of Guangzhou, China — virtually. I...
Read MoreIs the FUTURE electric, autonomous, or both?
Autonomous and electric vehicles are often used interchangeably when referring to future mobility, and while the two concepts overlap,...
Read MoreWhere self-driving is headed
Back in 2007, I was a core member of the MIT DARPA Urban Challenge team. We built one of the first self-driving cars to operate in urban...
Read MorePeachtree Corners takes 5G use cases to new heights
I recently spent a day at the Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners. Peachtree Corners is a small suburb northeast of Atlanta, nestled in a...
Read MoreWhat is reinforcement learning? How AI trains itself
Machine learning (ML) might be considered the core subset of artificial intelligence (AI), and reinforcement learning may be the...
Read MoreIt’s time to embrace the tech that could confront the crisis in aging
A constellation of technologies can help aging populations thrive and live independently — and for longer. These include AI and...
Read MoreSelf-driving hubris
Humans found horses 30,000 years ago. For the most part, the horses served as food. In South America, horses were hunted to extinction. It...
Read MoreWhy we invested in Faction
TDK Ventures has identified the energy-saving and environmental advantages that electric vehicles can deliver as a major focus area for...
Read MoreWill transit agencies fight or yield to the self-driving revolution?
Transit operators and transit fans have, since almost the beginning, cast a wary eye on the arrival of the self-driving car, and in...
Read MoreSubjective attribute engineering vital to ADAS and autonomous development
A consumer’s decision to purchase a vehicle is, more often than not, driven by its attribute performance, such as the way the vehicle...
Read MoreThe future of autonomous vehicles speeds ahead
Trimble’s Louis Nastro, director of on-road strategy and marketing at Trimble Autonomy, explains how autonomy on your terms is essential...
Read MoreDriving toward the automobile’s electric, autonomous future
IT’S A HEADY time to be a car executive. Lawmakers worldwide are pushing the auto industry to electrify, and fast. US companies are under...
Read MoreThe future is autonomous
Autonomous vehicle technology aka “self-driving cars” is evolving at a rapid pace and there’s no doubt that the technology is here to...
Read MoreHow Google’s self-driving car will change everything
Imagine getting into your car, typing — or, better yet speaking — a location into your vehicle’s interface, then letting it drive you to...
Read MoreWarren Buffett bullish on driverless trucks after purchasing stake in Kodiak Robotics
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. didn’t gain fame for investing in startups. The venerated investor has a predilection for buying...
Read MoreYou’ll get (slow) satellite communications from your Tesla. How will you use it?
The cellular world was rocked yesterday by a story that SpaceX/Starlink and TMobile would deploy an ability for ordinary 5G handsets to do...
Read MoreWarren Buffett is betting on driverless trucks
Writing this newsletter might be the best job I’ve ever had. Cleaning carpets was one of the worst. One night I was driving the van back...
Read MoreWho is to blame if a self-driving car crashes?
Most drivers are well aware of the unpleasant experience of assessing blame and navigating insurance claims after a car accident. But what...
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