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Wanted in China: Detailed maps for 30 million self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 23, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Chen Dan had doubts about betting millions of dollars to make high definition maps of Chinese roads. That was until she took charge of the...

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VW approached self-driving startup Aurora

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Volkswagen AG is on the hunt for self-driving technology and recently tried to buy Aurora Innovation, an autonomous-driving startup...

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V2X is here to stay—Now let’s use it for autonomous cars

Posted on Aug 22, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Despite the controversy, the automotive industry continues to invest heavily in autonomous vehicles. Most of the discussion on the...

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IoT failures have consumers concerned about self-driving and healthcare

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

IoT failures and digital problems occur for 64% of consumers, according to a new study. The 10,000 respondents also reported fears over...

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Apple’s ‘Project Titan’ car could warn you what it is about to do, well before it does it

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple has come up with a way to allow a self-driving car to communicate much more than lane changing information to other drivers of...

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Sensors midwest: LiDAR, it ain’t just for the car

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, Technology, Trucks

The way light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) technology is presented in the media, one could be misled into believing its only viable use...

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A new map management process for visual localization in outdoor environments

Posted on Aug 21, 2018 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

Researchers at ETH Zürich’s Autonomous Systems Lab have recently developed a map management process for visual localization systems,...

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Elon Musk confirms: Video streaming coming to Teslas in Firmware Version 10

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Elon Musk responded to a tweet today to confirm that video streaming will be coming to Teslas in version 10 of the firmware for its...

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A hardware-agnostic framework for automated driving development on embedded systems

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Today, developing automated driving (AD) systems means providing truly unique features to customers. For OEMs, this means offering...

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WaveSense’s ground-penetrating radars could make self-driving cars safer

Posted on Aug 20, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Radar. Lidar. Cameras. They’re the components that help give autonomous vehicles from Uber, GM’s Cruise Automation, Google spinoff Waymo,...

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Nvidia CEO is ‘more than happy to help’ if Tesla A.I. chip doesn’t pan out

Posted on Aug 17, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said his company has chips that are ready for autonomous driving, responding to a potential threat posed by...

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Stanford engineers create new AI camera for faster, more efficient image classification

Posted on Aug 17, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

Stanford engineers combine two types of computers to create a faster and less energy-intensive image processor for use in autonomous...

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‘Vehicle to Everything’ communication demo shows promise for AV future

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

If vehicles could communicate directly with each other and share real-time information on road conditions, it would make for more informed...

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Intel explainer: Sensors – the eyes and ears of autonomous vehicles – gather information from the road

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

One of the most basic – and challenging – building blocks of an autonomous vehicle system is the ability to detect and classify objects. A...

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How 5G connectivity and new technology could pave the way for self-driving cars

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

How much safer, smoother, and more efficient could driving be if cars could communicate with traffic lights while approaching an...

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Amazon patents self-driving tech: Should ADAS players worry?

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

The advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) market is expected to reach a whopping $91.83 billion, per recent data from research firm...

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Data security and privacy in the connected car age

Posted on Aug 16, 2018 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Today’s smart car is smarter than ever before. The numbers prove it: The average connected car has the power equivalent of 20 computers,...

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Researchers teach autonomous cars to deal with irrational humans

Posted on Aug 14, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

A team of researchers recently determined that both human drivers and autonomous vehicles tend to prioritize the safety of their own...

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Country issues national standards for autonomous vehicle testing

Posted on Aug 13, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

China has rolled out a set of national standards for testing smart autonomous cars on roads, which is expected to facilitate...

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Meet the Cambridge duo behind safe driverless car technology backed by Uber

Posted on Aug 12, 2018 in Cars, News, Technology

A Cambridge duo have developed ‘safe self-driving’ technology that could transform how we travel in the future. Amar Shah and...

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