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 needed to reach the same destination at the same time would get in the same car. The concept works well for employees … Continue reading Connected Cars: Ride Sharing & Autonomous Vehicles
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Connected 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 expect to see even more innovations that make driving safer, more convenient and more entertaining. No one knows exactly what infotainment systems will … Continue reading Connected Cars: Future of Infotainment
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Connected 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 infrastructure. Now we'll go over more personalized benefits in infotainment available to consumers. Infotainment has become one of the most important selling points for drivers. Several auto … Continue reading Connected Cars: Infotainment Today
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Connected 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 improve traffic flows and lower the risk of accidents. A small number of cities have already started exploring the benefits of building infrastructure that takes … Continue reading Connected Cars in Connected Cities
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Connected 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 1960s. Today, drivers want smarter, tech-savvy cars that help them avoid accidents and keep them safe when they can’t prevent collisions. In the … Continue reading Connected Cars: Safety & Maintenance
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Autonomous 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 environment, very likely in a safer manner than a human-driven car. However, there is one more piece of the puzzle to discover - … Continue reading Autonomous Cars & Sensors: Speed
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Autonomous 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 its environment and RADAR to detect objects in its immediate vicinity. There are, … Continue reading Autonomous Cars & Sensors: Imaging
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Connected 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 consumers know how the hardware works, but they know they want cars that can connect to the internet as well as smartphones and media players. … Continue reading Connected Cars: Hardware Importance
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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. At its heart, GPS relies on triangulation, or more correctly, trilateration to determine the receiver position. By knowing the … Continue reading Autonomous Cars & Sensors: The Mysteries of GPS
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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 them and how, by timing the echoes and scanning the environment using directional antennas, it is able to tell where the … Continue reading How Autonomous Cars Map The Environment
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