New dispatching approach could cut the number of taxis on the road while meeting rider demand
The rise of self-driving cars is set to dramatically alter the way we move around cities in the future.
May 23, 2018
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Engineering
SureFly keeps focus on new day in safe, two-seater flight
SureFly's hybrid gas- and battery-powered vertical take-off and landing vehicle is making news after declaring success on its first flight—manned, untethered, lifitng off for the first time, outside Cincinnati, Ohio.
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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 ...
May 7, 2018
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Uber patent application discusses intention signaling system
Reaching the highest levels of safety for self-driving cars will depend on how well the cars are engineered to know when communications are needed, and to be able to communicate with other cars, with bikes, with people on ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Lighthouse: Home monitor is one smart sentry
A smart home device that serves as a security camera delivers service that goes beyond house sentry. What if you find a home device that not only acts as sentry but does double duty as private investigator/concierge/babysitter?
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Startup unveils 'car of future' for $45,000
A Chinese startup unveiled its vision for the automobile of the future Sunday, promising to deliver an "intuitive and intelligent" car to global markets starting next year from around $45,000.
Jan 8, 2018
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First white-box testing model finds thousands of errors in self-driving cars
How do you find errors in a system that exists in a black box? That is one of the challenges behind perfecting deep learning systems like self-driving cars. Deep learning systems are based on artificial neural networks that ...
Oct 25, 2017
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A new way to improve solar cells can improve collision-avoidance systems of autonomous cars
When a team of engineers went to work in 2015 looking for a new technique to boost the cost-effectiveness of solar cells, they didn't realize they'd end with a bonus – a way to help improve the collision avoidance systems ...
Oct 5, 2017
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Measuring distance with a single photo
Most cameras just record colour but now the 3D shapes of objects, captured through only a single lens, can be accurately estimated using new software developed by UCL computer scientists.
Jul 26, 2017
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Beckoning self-driving car developers seeking machine readable maps that can be crowdsourced
(Tech Xplore)—Plenty of tech talk from startups and big car makers focus on the bright future ahead. With all the buzz about tech-loaded cars able to stop and start and break and see autonomously, however, the specific ...
Driving
Driving is the controlled operation of a land vehicle, such as a car, truck or bus. Although direct operation of a bicycle, a mounted animal (not including chariot operation) or a motorcycle (at least in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia) is commonly called riding, such operators are usually legally considered to be drivers and are required to obey the rules of the road which apply to all drivers.
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