Lean sensing – a critical enabler for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are progressing at a rapid pace, notwithstanding Covid-19 constraints. The past 2 months have experienced...
Read MoreA home run for self-driving vehicle education in D.C.
In cities across America, access to transportation is important for people to move freely. Washington, D.C. is no different. Many...
Read MoreWhat coronavirus means for the future of self-driving cars
It’s 2025 and driverless cars still aren’t zooming around everywhere. Where are the chilled out passengers on their phones, or...
Read MoreHow autonomous carmakers can make their cars more accessible
We’ve been talking about how technology is, or isn’t, making the world more accessible for people with disabilities. Last month, we spoke...
Read MoreWho becomes liable when a self-driving car causes an accident?
While they may seem years away from reality, self-driving cars are indeed going to be the future. Not only are they the next step in...
Read MoreVehicle-in-the-Loop (VIL) simulation for Millbrook’s digital twin
Millbrook has specified, built and commissioned its unique simulation suite as part of the 5G testbed. The simulation environment is an...
Read MoreLooking under the hood: Anticipating the knock-on effects of AVs
As the concept of autonomous vehicles (AVs) has advanced into the mainstream, we’ve all seen more and more articles telling us how AVs...
Read MoreElon Musk’s Neuralinkshowcase spurs mind-copying discussion about AI and self-driving cars
Elon Musk recently presented the latest efforts of Neuralink, a company that he founded in 2016 and which has grand aspirations of...
Read MoreWhen making autonomous vehicles smart and safe, it helps to have the right tools
“Hop in your car—it’s taking you to Starbucks!” That used to sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but the progress being made towards a...
Read MoreThe peace dividends of the autonomous vehicle wars
A fascinating concept from recent technology history is what is known as the “peace dividends of the smartphone wars.” The term, first...
Read MoreIt is nearly unthinkable that ‘I think, therefore I am’ applies to AI, possibly even self-driving cars
You have undoubtedly heard the famous phrase “I think, therefore I am.” Written oftentimes in its Latin form, the saying is known as ergo...
Read MoreSelf-driving pods and outdoor terminals: How the pandemic could change U.S. airports
The airport experience has long been synonymous with stress: huge arrival areas, frantic security checkpoints, cramped trams shuttling...
Read MoreExperts: Don’tleave consumers out of autonomy equation
If you’re confused about the difference between a Level 3 and Level 4 autonomous vehicle, or just how safe an AV is, or even just...
Read MoreCOMMENT: What will it take to bridge the chasm between L2 and L3/4 autonomy?
The viability of mass-market autonomous vehicles (AVs) hangs in the balance. The global market is expected to decline by more than 3%...
Read MoreSelf-driving cars learn to read the body language of people on the street
A four-lane street narrows to two to accommodate workers repairing a large pothole. One worker holds a stop sign loosely in his left hand...
Read MoreRussell Crowe’s ‘Unhinged’ portrayal would be markedly different once self-driving cars arrive
This past weekend the highly anticipated movie “Unhinged” starring actor extraordinaire Russell Crowe opened in U.S. movie theatres. Given...
Read MoreAutonomous vehicles could improve policing, public safety, and much more
In a world of autonomous vehicles, much of the nation’s policing that is devoted to enforcing traffic safety laws, and the sometimes fatal...
Read MoreLiDAR is getting so cheap it’d be madness not to use it in self-driving cars
LiDAR, a combination of the words light and radar, is a type of sensor technology that’s popular among some self-driving car companies for...
Read MoreOuster and Xilinx partner to bring cost-effective LiDAR to autonomous vehicles
There is a debate in the auto industry on what sensors to use for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) up through fully autonomous...
Read MoreThe AI ‘intelligence explosion’ might happen this way, including for AI self-driving cars
Sometimes you initiate an action and in a domino-like manner it gets going and going, seemingly feeding off itself and rapidly agitating...
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