Archive for the ‘transportation’ category: Page 595
Dec 10, 2015
The insanely fast Hyperloop will soon begin testing in Nevada
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: transportation
Plans to build a test track for a Hyperloop are moving ahead. Hyperloop Technologies will build a major test center near Las Vegas to explore linear electric motor designs and evaluate its implementation.
Dec 9, 2015
Sci-Fi Comes to Life: Meet Chevrolet’s Iris Recognizing, Futuristic Smart Car
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Chevrolet-FNR autonomous electric concept vehicle.
The car of the future just got a whole lot more interesting. See it in action in this video.
Dec 8, 2015
Chinese researchers working on a car driven by your brain
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience, robotics/AI, transportation
If human-less self-driving cars of the future creep you out, then this latest experimental automotive technology from China might offer you some respite. Or freak creep you out even more. Researchers from the port city of Tianjin have revealed what they claim is the country’s first ever car to be driven without the use of human hands or feet but with a driver still in control. All it takes is some brain power. And some highly specialized equipment, of course.
Mind-reading devices aren’t actually new. In fact, many companies and technologies make that claim year after year, but few have actually been able to deliver an actual consumer product, with most successful prototypes designed for therapeutic or medical uses. The theory, however, is the same throughout. Sensors read electroencephalogram or EEG from the wearer’s brain. These are then interpolated and interpreted as commands for a computer. In this case, the commands are mapped to car controls.
The application of direct brain control to driving is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, removing the delay between brain to muscle movement, which sometimes can be erroneous, could actually lead to better driver safety. On the other hand, given how easily drivers can be distracted even while their hands are on the wheel, the idea is understandably frightening to some.
Dec 8, 2015
The $75,000 problem for self-driving cars is going away
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
LIDAR units once cost $75,000. Now a $250 LIDAR, with no moving parts, is about to enter the market.
Giving a car “eyes” once cost a fortune. Now it’s affordable, a good sign for autonomous vehicles.
Dec 8, 2015
California firm Hyperloop to test engine in southern Nevada
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: business, transportation
A California company with visions of building a futuristic transportation system to one day zip people and packages at nearly the speed of sound announced Tuesday it is building a test facility in southern Nevada.
Hyperloop Technologies Inc. and the Nevada governor’s office said the 50-acre facility at a fledgling North Las Vegas business park will test a linear electric motor at speeds of about 335 mph—about half the speed envisioned in a full-scale system.
“This decision represents another major milestone in our journey to bring Hyperloop to commercial reality,” Rob Lloyd, CEO of the Los Angeles-based company, said in a statement.
Dec 7, 2015
Amazon Reveals New Delivery Drone
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: drones, transportation
The future of delivery, where drones bring your package in 30 minutes or less. http://voc.tv/1P6L9zh
Dec 7, 2015
Modular Robotic Car
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Dec 7, 2015
Drivers Race In Virtual Reality Using Real Cars
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: transportation, virtual reality
We hear about virtual reality all the time, but what if your driving in *real life* actually controlled a virtual car? http://voc.tv/1P6L9zh
Dec 6, 2015
Beyond ‘Back to the Future’: Experts Serve Up Tech Predictions for 2045
Posted by Alexandros El in categories: drones, electronics, transportation
Just How Much Did ‘Back to the Future’ Get Right about October 2015? 2:19.
In “Back to the Future Part II,” Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel from 1985 to October 21, 2015, to find a world filled with flying cars, hoverboards and self-drying jackets.
Those predictions didn’t exactly pan out, although people are working on each of those concepts. (Screenwriter Bob Gale did get a lot of things — from drones to fingerprint scanners — right, as he told TODAY earlier this year.)
