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Ford develops lighting signals for driverless cars to ‘speak’ to pedestrians

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

When it comes to signaling, light is one of the most reliable methods for catching someone’s attention in busy locations. This...

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Driverless trucks ride at night with TuSimple’s improved camera system

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in News, Technology, Trucks

In its quest to roll out the country’s first commercialized fleet of autonomous trucks, TuSimple has added an improved camera and vision...

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Toyota doubles down on Nvidia tech for self-driving cars

Posted on Mar 19, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Toyota is deepening its relationship with Nvidia as the automaker, and its research arms in Japan and the U.S., ramps up its autonomous...

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A new startup aims to be a ‘Designated Driver’ for autonomous vehicles in need of assistance

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, Technology, Trucks

In 1997, General Motors introduced OnStar, a cellular communications system allowing a driver to connect to a human operator at the touch...

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Nvidia’s Safety Force Field is ‘mathematically’ designed to prevent autonomous vehicle crashes

Posted on Mar 18, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Today at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, CEO Jensen Huang detailed the latest developments regarding the chipmaker’s...

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How TomTom is evolving for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 17, 2019 in Cars, Technology

To many, TomTom is a brand synonymous with satellite navigation (“Sat Nav”) devices plastered to car windshields. But behind the scenes,...

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What the Boeing 737 Max can teach us about self-driving cars (and the dangers of machine learning)

Posted on Mar 15, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

We don’t yet know exactly what happened with the Boeing 737 Max crashes. But it’s clear from other non-fatal 737 Max incidents...

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Is Tesla Autopilot way ahead of rivals in self-driving race? Video

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 in Cars, Knowledge Center, Technology, Videos & Podcasts

Sure, Tesla Autopilot is still a “hands-on” system. To say that there haven’t been problems caused by the technology would be a lie....

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Static analysis cracks the code to bug-free autonomous vehicles

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Unlike a glitch in a desktop computer, bugs found in autonomous vehicle (AV) software could be more than just inconvenient. Travelling at...

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Apple’s self-driving cars could automatically take pictures of points of interest for drivers

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Self-driving vehicle systems are complex to produce, with many different elements working together to monitor the local area for hazards...

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The dirty business of keeping autonomous vehicles clean

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 in Cars, Technology

For most drivers, keeping a car clean is a laborious task performed primarily for aesthetic reasons. However, for an autonomous vehicle...

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HD maps—the hidden sensors that help autonomous vehicles see round corners

Posted on Mar 14, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will use vision sensors to scrutinise all visible elements of the road, but cameras and laser scanners cannot...

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Toyota reveals ‘self-driving electric moon car’ as Japan prepares to land astronauts on the moon

Posted on Mar 12, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Japan is planning a moon landing for 2029 and wants its astronauts to explore the lunar surface in a vehicle built by Japanese automaker...

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Comma.ai founder George Hotz wants to free humanity from the AI simulation

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

What keeps George Hotz, the enigmatic hacker and founder of self-driving startup Comma.ai, up at night is not whether his autonomous car...

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14 experts choose their favorite tech from CES 2019

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Technology

There’s no better place to get the inside scoop on groundbreaking new tech than the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), organized by...

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5G’s important role in autonomous car technology

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 in Cars, Technology

The momentum for the realization of autonomous vehicles in mainstream use is reaching critical mass. Companies such as Tesla and Toyota...

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Self-driving cars could soon navigate the world via micropayments

Posted on Mar 11, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

With autonomous vehicles already debuting on our roads and in our airspace, you’ve probably grown accustomed to the idea of a new future...

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The future of autonomous shuttle design is modular and flexible

Posted on Mar 6, 2019 in Buses, Technology

The challenge of automated transportation is one that is likely to keep the automotive industry scratching its head for years to come....

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Could unsupervised A.I. enable autonomous cars to learn as they go?

Posted on Mar 5, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Most autonomous vehicle tech ventures such as Waymo, GM Cruise and Nvidia rack up miles of deep learning experience to build reliably safe...

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Apple’s car of the future may use fiber optic heads-up display

Posted on Mar 5, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Passengers in an Apple-designed car of the future may find the vehicle to have a unique interior lighting system, consisting of fiber...

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