How Autonomous Cars Map The Environment
Image Source: [Robotics & Automation News] Written by: Tony Kerr Last time in our series on autonomous cars, we talked about RADAR and how it can detect objects by bouncing radio waves off...
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Autonomous Cars & Sensors: The Mysteries of GPS
Image Source: [Tech Only] Written by: Tony Kerr Now that we know how autonomous cars map their environments, let’s go over how they actually get from point A to point B within those environments....
View ArticleConnected Cars: Hardware Importance
Written by: Matthew Thompson Computer technology has become such a critical aspect of contemporary life that many of today’s drivers expect to find sophisticated hardware in connected cars. Few...
View ArticleAutonomous Cars & Sensors: Imaging
Image Source: [New Scientist] Written by: Tony Kerr So far we have had a look at how the Google car uses GPS and mapping to figure out where it is and where it is going, uses LIDAR to scan and map...
View ArticleAutonomous Cars & Sensors: Speed
Image Source: [Huffington Post] Written by: Tony Kerr Throughout this series on the autonomous car, we’ve learned about almost every component that allows a driverless car to operate in a human...
View ArticleConnected Cars: Safety & Maintenance
Image Source: [Pixabay] Written by: Matthew Thompson With today’s focus on vehicle safety, it’s hard to believe that many car companies didn’t even include seat belts in their vehicles until the...
View ArticleConnected Cars in Connected Cities
Image Source: [Pixabay] Written by: Matthew Thompson Connected cars have the potential to do more than share information with each other; they can also communicate with city infrastructures to...
View ArticleConnected Cars: Infotainment Today
Image Source: [Pixabay] Written by: Matthew Thompson Last time in this series, we discussed some connected car benefits to consumers and communities as a whole, as they relate to city...
View ArticleConnected Cars: Future of Infotainment
Image Source: [Pixabay] Written by: Matthew Thompson Connected cars already offer a range of infotainment features that few people could have predicted a decade ago. In the near future, you can...
View ArticleConnected Cars: Ride Sharing & Autonomous Vehicles
Image Source: [Pixabay] Written by: Matthew Thompson The concept of ride-sharing has changed a lot over the last couple of decades. In the 1980s and ‘90s, it referred to carpooling. People who...
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