Ontario is set to become the first Canadian state to allow testing of self driving cars on public roads, starting January 1st 2016. The Canadian Ministry of Transportation said that at present around 100 companies and institutions are ...
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Don't panic if you see a driver in a moving car with no hands on the wheel because chances are the vehicle is self-driving. Such scenes, previously only found in fiction, are likely to be reality very soon. In late March, Volvo ...
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Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...
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Volvo Cars introduced a system designed to integrate self-driving cars into real traffic, with ordinary people behind the wheels. Volvo's new production-viable autonomous driving system uses cloud-based positioning systems, intelligent ...
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Volvo has been testing the efficacy of magnets to keep self-driving cars moving safely on the road. The idea is for magnets to help the cars identify where they need to be in lanes. The Volvo Car Group tested how well the road magnets in ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has completed a research which uses magnets to help the self-driving car determine its position. Conducted in a strategic co-operation with the Swedish Transport Administration, the project ...
"Where are the robots?" That was what many people were asking when events at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant spiraled out of control in March 2011. With deadly levels of radiation collecting inside the damaged reactors, attempting to ...
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that it has strengthened its presence in Asia by establishing Singapore as its Global Headquarters for Standard Products, Global Headquarters for Operations, and ASEAN Headquarters for Sales & Marketing. ...
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A slew of new technologies set to either be released or to go mainstream over the next decade will transform the data centre, a transformation that will go hand-in-hand with a wider revolution in computing that will demand faster and more ...
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Smart machines, cognitive computing and the "internet of things" all feature highly in Gartner's latest Hype Cycle for 2013, the analyst group's long-range examination of emerging technologies. Innovative emerging technologies highlighted ...
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Self-driving vehicle technology is not yet at a stage that it can be authorized for use by the public for general driving, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation recommendation to state governments. If a state decides to permit ...
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The US Department of Transportation (USDOT's) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has revealed a new policy regarding the development of the automated vehicles in the region. The policy includes plans for research on ...
California has signed a new bill that will bring across self-driving (driverless) cars in the state. California Governor Jerry Brown said that the state is looking at science-fiction becoming tomorrow's reality. "Anyone who gets inside ...
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Swedish car maker Volvo is testing the self-driving car technology in normal traffic condition in a public motorway in Spain to validate its effectiveness. During the trial, the convoy was led by a truck driven by professional driver, ...
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