SelfDriving
4 Technologies That Have Made Driving Safer
A minimum of 1,250,000 people die annually and another fifty million sustain injuries due to road accidents according to the World Health Organization. 95 percent of these accidents are attributed to human error. Technology adoption, therefore, is no longer an option for automobile manufacturers. Thankfully, technology continues to be finessed and developed on a daily basis.…
Watch a self-driving car negotiate Las Vegas streets jammed with pedestrians
How do self-driving cars avoid colliding with pedestrians? Autonomous-driving startup Torc Robotics explains in this video. It’s about not only making sure the car sees pedestrians, but figuring out what to do when it does. Read Also Distracted Driving – How a Town Can be Brought Down The post Watch a self-driving car negotiate Las…
Luminar’s lidar gives self-driving cars laser vision
Austin Russell, founder and CEO of lidar startup Luminar Technologies, is much taller in person than in pictures. We met at a hotel lobby in Midtown Manhattan, where he and co-founder Jason Eichenholz were recuperating after a whirlwind New York City press tour last week. Luminar was named one of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 companies, and…
Self-driving cars for country roads
Navigating roads less traveled in self-driving cars is a difficult task. One reason is that there aren’t many places where self-driving cars can actually drive. Companies like Google only test their fleets in major cities where they’ve spent countless hours meticulously labeling the exact 3-D positions of lanes, curbs, off-ramps, and stop signs. “The cars…
Self-Driving Waymo Vehicle In Arizona Crash Was “In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time,” Police Say
Matt Jaffee / Via Twitter: @mattjaffee A self-driving vehicle by Waymo, which is owned by the same company that owns Google, collided with another vehicle in Chandler, Arizona, on Friday. Minor injuries were reported. Chandler Police said the Waymo car was not the “violator vehicle.” “The Waymo was in the wrong place at the wrong…
GE Leverages NVIDIA Self-Driving Car AI Technology To Help Doctors Save Lives
NVIDIA has now announced that it is extending a long-term partnership with GE Healthcare to bring artificial intelligence (AI) technology to over 500,000 imaging devices that are used at health facilities around the globe. According to GE, over 50 petabytes of data are generated annually by the average hospital from medical images, clinical … HotHardware.com…
How a College Kid Made His Honda Civic Self-Driving for $700
Who needs a Tesla when you can build your own automated copilot using free hardware designs and software available online? Brevan Jorgenson’s grandma kept her cool when he took her for a nighttime spin in the Honda Civic he’s modified to drive itself on the highway. A homemade device in place of the rear-view mirror…
Self Driving Cars Continue to Be Developed, But May Still Be Decades Away
Self driving cars. The term brings several things to the minds of people involved with developing them, making rules to ensure safety, those who wish to purchase them, and to everyone else who will be sharing the roads with them and wonder what their ramifications may be. Many people no doubt wonder what the future…
