As car manufacturers continue to introduce new technologies in their vehicles, blind-spot warning systems and back-up cameras are the technologies mature drivers are most willing to adopt1, according to new research by The Hartford and the ...
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Internet giant Google has initiated testing of its autonomous cars on the public streets in Austin, Texas, to ascertain the way the prototypes negotiate with traffic, obstacles and road conditions. The company has been conducting trials ...
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Chinese Internet services firm Baidu is planning to enter the driverless car segment later this year with its own version, marrying computer technology with artificial intelligence. The self-driving car, with which the web behemoth ...
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Shared autonomous vehicles can pull down automobile sales in the US by 40% over the next 25 years, a trend capable of forcing majors General Motors (GM) and Ford cut output by more than half. Shared autonomous vehicles refer to "robot ...
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has earmarked £100m funding for carrying out research and development of automated cars and its supporting systems during the next five years. The funding will be matched by the ...
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Car electronics supplier Delphi has announced that the company is going to test its active safety technologies by driving a specially outfitted Audi SQ5 driverless car along 3,500 miles from San Francisco to New York. According to Delphi, ...
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Business Secretary Vince Cable said that driverless cars will hit the public roads in the UK starting from January 2015. The UK government along with research organizations and businesses will be putting forward a proposal to make three ...
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South Korea based vehicle manufacturer Ssangyong Motor has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH) to cooperate in development of a self-driving car. Under the deal, both ...
Shaped like a lopsided headband, Google Glass is an unassuming piece of technology when you're holding it in your hands. You feel as if you can almost break it, testing its flexibility. Putting it on, though, is another story. Once you ...
Brian Otis gingerly holds what looks like a typical contact lens on his index finger. Look closer. Sandwiched in this lens are two twinkling glitter-specks loaded with tens of thousands of miniaturized transistors. It's ringed with a ...
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Throughout this week, our reporters will cover the best emerging technology and trends from Las Vegas. Meet the team and see what topics they'll be tracking at the show: 3-D Printing Is this the year 3-D manufacturing breaks out of its ...
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Let's start with the word "robot." The idea behind the word "robot" grows from the ancient concept of the golem. A golem was an artificial person created by people. Frankly, the idea of a golem scared the bejeezus out of the ancients ...
Ford has revealed its first autonomous car, a prototype Ford Mondeo hybrid, as part of an ongoing research and development program built around the car maker’s vision for future mass transportation. The automated Ford Mondeo (called ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Bezos' idea to let self-guided drones deliver packages may be too futuristic for Washington to handle. The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less. ...
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A new study has shown convincing motorists to support autonomous vehicles may be a major challenge, despite many of the world’s leading car makers promising to launch driverless technology by the end of the decade. A survey of 1000 ...
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