Hi Tech & Innovation
Cars are changing—fast. But are innovations such as autonomous and flying cars a bright new dawn, or just a wild pipe dream? And if they become the future's way of getting from A to B, can we trust them to take us there ...
Jan 14, 2020
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Engineering
As the DeLorean rolled to a stop and the cloud of tire smoke cleared, Jon Goh peeked out the sliver of the passenger-side window to see dozens of gathered spectators cheering and high-fiving the successful test.
Dec 23, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
In the not-so-distant future, city streets could be flooded with autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars can move faster and travel closer together, allowing more of them to fit on the road—potentially leading to congestion ...
Dec 16, 2019
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Automotive
The first driverless cars were supposed to be deployed on the roads of American cities in 2019, but just a few days before the end of the year, the lofty promises of car manufacturers and Silicon Valley remain far from becoming ...
Dec 15, 2019
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Computer Sciences
The goal: To change 2-D images into 3-D models using a special encoder-decoder architecture. The actors: Nvidia. The praise: A clever utilization of machine learning with beneficial real-world applications.
Dec 11, 2019 weblog
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Automotive
Google spinoff Waymo is trying to educate emergency responders on how to deal with its autonomous vehicles.
Nov 22, 2019
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Automotive
The nation's road-safety regulator is under fire again for what critics call lax oversight of tests involving autonomous vehicles.
Nov 20, 2019
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Engineering
MIT and Toyota researchers have designed a new model to help autonomous vehicles determine when it's safe to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.
Nov 04, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Waymo's autonomous cars have started picking up passengers in Phoenix, Arizona. Let's focus on autonomous: Nobody is at the wheel. Riders-only.
Oct 30, 2019 weblog
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Engineering
To improve the safety of autonomous systems, MIT engineers have developed a system that can sense tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there's a moving object coming around the corner.
Oct 28, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Waymo this week set three Chrysler Pacifica minivans crawling Los Angeles streets to make maps—but not the kind made for humans.
Oct 10, 2019
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Automotive
Would you be comfortable taking a nap in the driver's seat while your fully automated car did the driving?
Oct 08, 2019
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Telecom
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a cheaper and more efficient method for Internet-of-Things devices to receive high-speed wireless connectivity.
Aug 29, 2019
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Automotive
Imagine a scene from the near-future: You get dropped off downtown by a driverless car. You slam the door and head into your office or appointment. But then where does the autonomous vehicle go?
Aug 26, 2019
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Other
For many years, Facebook's internal slogan was "move fast and break things." And that's what the company did—along with most other Silicon Valley startups and the venture capitalists who fund them. Their general attitude ...
Aug 22, 2019
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