All new vehicles sold in the European Union must have a wide range of safety features baked in as standard in the coming years, after EU institutions reached provisional agreement on a safety regulation that’s aimed at protecting passengers, pedestrians and cyclists. Once formally adopted most of the new safety features will become mandatory from […]
View More Europe agrees raft of safety features to be baked into new vehiclesCategory: Driverless Cars
Unlike most of US, autonomous vehicles in the UK won’t require riders
As soon as this year, self-driving cars in the UK could be truly driverless.
That is, except for the remote control driver monitoring the vehicle while it drives in trial runs. But no one has to be in the car, so the future really is here.
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UK moves towards driverless car tests without safety drivers
The UK government has announced it’s working on a process to support so-called ‘advanced trials’ of autonomous vehicles — i.e. trials without human safety drivers. It also says it will be beefing up the existing Code of Practice for testing driverless cars to provide a framework to support the evolution of the tech, saying it’s on […]
View More UK moves towards driverless car tests without safety driversDriverless vehicle trial to focus on a pesky problem: Kangaroos
Kangaroos being hit by cars is one big, very Australian problem.
With autonomous vehicles set to operate in Australia in the next few years, a trial in the state of New South Wales aims to figure out how to handle the pesky marsupial on roads.
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A self-driving car could soon deliver your groceries
Tech startup Nuro and supermarket chain Kroger teamed up to test out a driverless car concept that could deliver groceries to people’s front doors. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Self Driving Cars, Driverless Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, …
View More A self-driving car could soon deliver your groceriesVolvo’s 360c autonomous concept car is for sleeping, working, and hanging out
Volvo has hinted for a few weeks at what its 360c concept car might include, such as autonomous communication tools using colorful exterior lights, in-car coffee making, and a quiet ride (read: electric).
But what Volvo revealed on Wednesday morning …
The future of AI relies on a code of ethics
As the AI revolution continues to accelerate, new technology is being developed to solve key problems faced by consumers, businesses and the world at large. Our reliance on AI will deepen, inevitably causing many ethical issues to arise as humans turn over to algorithms their cars, homes and businesses.
View More The future of AI relies on a code of ethicsWatch a truly driverless car navigate city streets
Drive.ai, the company that’s gearing up to launch an autonomous ride-hailing pilot in Frisco, Texas, just released a video showing off its driverless capabilities. Drive.ai’s service will initially launch with safety drivers in July, but the goal is to ultimately operate the ride-hailing platform without a driver behind the wheel. In the video below, you […]
View More Watch a truly driverless car navigate city streetsWaymo shows off what it’s like to ride in a truly driverless self-driving car
Just a few weeks back, Waymo got the thumbs up to start testing its self-driving cars in Arizona without the need for a human “safety net” behind the wheel. Wonder what it’s like to ride in one?
View More Waymo shows off what it’s like to ride in a truly driverless self-driving carUK kicks off driverless car law review to get tech on the road by 2021
In 2021 the UK government intends the country to be well on its way to a driverless future. No, not a cheap joke about Brexit — yesterday it announced a three-year regulatory review to “pave the way for self-driving cars”. Read More
View More UK kicks off driverless car law review to get tech on the road by 2021The dos and don’ts of crafting frontier-tech companies
Powerful tools, amazing talent and endless dollars flowing from eager investors makes today an amazing time to start tomorrow’s technology companies. Curious and ambitious founding teams are putting their skills to work toward solving real-world problems. Here’s how to build hard value while avoiding common pitfalls in nine exciting startup categories that will brighten our future. Read More
View More The dos and don’ts of crafting frontier-tech companiesOur dystopian ‘Black Mirror’ future is here thanks to Pizza Hut
Well, every Black Mirror viewer knew it’d only be a matter of time before we started ranking social class using people’s Uber ratings, or wasting our lives in a VR game, or uploading our digital selves to the toilet — or whatever.
But actually, one Black Mirror prediction just became vividly real at CES. And it’s more horrifying than all of those combined.
Pizza Hut took to Twitter to unveil the state-of-the-art tech that will revolutionize the way the company inserts its cheese-covered cardboard circles into your mouth hole. Its driverless pizza delivery vehicle, the e-Palette developed by Toyota, works eerily similar to the fictional one seen in Black Mirror‘s “Crocodile” episode. Read more…
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