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4 Technologies That Have Made Driving Safer

4 Technologies That Have Made Driving Safer

Pavlos PapadopoulosNov 27, 20184 min read

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…

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Watch a self-driving car negotiate Las Vegas streets jammed with pedestrians

Pavlos PapadopoulosJun 13, 20181 min read

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 –…

Luminar’s lidar gives self-driving cars laser vision

Luminar’s lidar gives self-driving cars laser vision

Pavlos PapadopoulosJun 3, 20181 min read

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…

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Self-driving cars for country roads

Pavlos PapadopoulosMay 13, 20181 min read

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…

Self-Driving Waymo Vehicle In Arizona Crash Was “In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time,” Police Say

Self-Driving Waymo Vehicle In Arizona Crash Was “In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time,” Police Say

Pavlos PapadopoulosMay 5, 20181 min read

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…

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GE Leverages NVIDIA Self-Driving Car AI Technology To Help Doctors Save Lives

Pavlos PapadopoulosNov 27, 20171 min read

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…

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How a College Kid Made His Honda Civic Self-Driving for $700

Pavlos PapadopoulosOct 9, 20171 min read

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…

Self Driving Cars Continue to Be Developed, But May Still Be Decades Away

Self Driving Cars Continue to Be Developed, But May Still Be Decades Away

Adam StevensMar 3, 20174 min read

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…

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