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Volvo likes what its self-driving weavers see in Luminar

Self-driving car news for June would not be complete without mention of Volvo. Luminar has rolled out a beefy development platform and has struck a relationship with Volvo—being that the Swedish carmaker chose Luminar to ...

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Jun 17, 2018
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Elon Musk firm tapped to build Chicago high-speed transit

Elon Musk's The Boring Company has been tapped to build a high-speed underground transportation system for Chicago—the first US city to bank on the entrepreneur's futuristic concept for mass transit.

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Jun 15, 2018
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Apple has designs on blood pressure management system

Counting calories or how many steps you will need to take to work off a wedding feast are not the only features of fitness monitoring. Patients today may be asked to check their blood pressure at home and will be interested ...

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Jun 10, 2018
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A Dallas company wants to use mind-reading technology to let the world hear nonverbal people's thoughts

Dallas-based Darwin Ecosystem has long been in the business of pattern detection. The company uses machine-learning to predict trends in the financial markets, analyze essays for police academies to determine if trainees ...

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Jun 07, 2018
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Connected cars can lie, posing a new threat to smart cities

The day when cars can talk to each other – and to traffic lights, stop signs, guardrails and even pavement markings – is rapidly approaching. Driven by the promise of reducing traffic congestion and avoiding crashes, ...

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Jun 07, 2018
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G Plus driverless delivery vehicle to feature solid-state LiDAR tech

A solid-state LiDAR unmanned logistics vehicle was introduced in China on Thursday. Translation: Expect the onset of solid state Lidar in the form of a driverless delivery truck. The announcement came in the form of a joint ...

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Jun 02, 2018
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Headset viewers can expect film changes according to how they feel

Imagine, watching a movie that you can control, story threads and all. The idea is to do so, as a viewer, if wearing an electroencephalogram (EEG) headset. Rachel Metz wrote about it in MIT Technology Review.

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May 30, 2018
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Traffic light tech will be tested in UK, allows cars to leverage signal change

What would you say about smart traffic lights that always turn green? Recipe for disaster? A reader comment on another site took issue with a headline suggesting lights would always turn green, saying, "Obviously the lights ...

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May 26, 2018
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A real conversation piece: Social chatbot in China does phone talk

The voice is sweet, youthful but not childish, just vibrant enough to hit all the marks of a call from a good friend who can listen and react. It is not the voice of a human. It is a chatbot to be exact. And oh, it can chat. ...

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May 24, 2018
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What are these 'levels' of autonomous vehicles?

As automated and autonomous vehicles become more common on U.S. roads, it's worth a look at what these machines can – and can't – do. At the University of Michigan's Mcity, where I serve as director, we're working to ...

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May 23, 2018
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Study helps driverless cars change lanes more like humans do

In the field of self-driving cars, algorithms for controlling lane changes are an important topic of study. But most existing lane-change algorithms have one of two drawbacks: Either they rely on detailed statistical models ...

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May 22, 2018
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Patent talk: IBM's traffic signal timing turns cognitive

Call it a green light for AI thinkers who want to use artificial intelligence for traffic management. IBM had a patent granted that sees AI-managed traffic lights.

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May 20, 2018
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Self-driving vehicle service in Frisco, Texas, to start in July

The beat goes on, no turning back, as engineers and AI thinkers get us closer to alternative ways to move around that do not depend on human drivers. Drive.ai has announced an on-demand self-driving car service in Frisco, ...

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May 19, 2018
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Should people know they're talking to an algorithm? After a controversial debut, Google now says yes

Psychology professor Michelle Drouin wanted to know how people would react if a chatbot could emulate a human.

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May 11, 2018
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How even one automated, connected vehicle can improve safety and save energy in traffic

Connected cruise control uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to let automated vehicles respond to multiple cars at a time in an effort to save energy and improve safety.

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May 09, 2018
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Google showcases AI advances at its big conference

Google put the spotlight on its artificial intelligence smarts at its annual developers conference Tuesday, where it announced new features and services imbued with machine learning.

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May 08, 2018
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Most autonomous vehicles require intricate hand-labeled maps, but MapLite enables navigation with just GPS and sensors

Uber's recent self-driving car fatality underscores the fact that the technology is still not ready for widespread adoption. One reason is that there aren't many places where self-driving cars can actually drive. Companies ...

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May 07, 2018
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For the blind, a device on car window delivers haptic experience of scenic view

Sometimes the journey is worth more than the final destination. Car travel can offer the simple pleasures of looking out the window and enjoying the scenic views. Green fields. Waterfronts. Grazing animals. Mountains—all ...

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May 03, 2018
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Should ethics or human intuition drive the moral judgments of driverless cars?

When faced with driving dilemmas, people show a high willingness to sacrifice themselves for others, make decisions based on the victim's age and swerve onto sidewalks to minimize the number of lives lost, reveals new research ...

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May 03, 2018
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Using your arm as a smartwatch touchscreen

Smartwatches as devices for messaging and search are far eclipsed by the desktop, laptop, tablet and phones, for obvious reasons, namely their tiny touchscreens. In tech parlance, the smartwatch "input-output bottleneck" ...

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Apr 30, 2018
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Bosch engineers focus on brightening the future of diesel

Robert Bosch GmbH said its engineers have developed a new diesel-exhaust system that cuts emissions significantly below legal limits taking effect in 2020. Bosch is positioning the diesel technology as a solution to the NOx ...

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Apr 29, 2018
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A system for influencing hypnagogic micro-dreams

A team of researchers at MIT has created a hand-worn device that they claim can influence a person's micro-dreams during hypnagogia. The group has announced their device by posting a page describing it on an MIT website. ...

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Apr 26, 2018
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A new technique for making paper touch sensitive inexpensively

A pair of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a way to make ordinary paper touch sensitive. Yang Zhang and Chris Harrison have written a paper describing their technique and have posted it on their website. ...

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Apr 25, 2018
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Driverless cars are forcing cities to become smart

Autonomous vehicles are coming and they have the potential to radically better our lives. But to reap the rewards of this new technology, we first have to adapt the world to its requirements. This means preparing the way ...

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Apr 24, 2018
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Self-driving cars and humans face inevitable collisions

In 1938, when there were just about one-tenth the number of cars on U.S. roadways as there are today, a brilliant psychologist and a pragmatic engineer joined forces to write one of the most influential works ever published ...

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Apr 24, 2018
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