ADAS/Autonomous HMI poor grades vs. user experience winners
While some research shows a decline in the user-friendliness of autonomous, ADAS and HMI features, the user experiences of ten models were deemed winners by
Month: September 2016
U-M readies for self-driving cars, aerial vehicles and walking/swimming bots
Robotic technologies for air, sea and roads, for factories, hospitals and homes will have tailored lab space in the University of Michigan’s planned Robotics Laboratory.
Protien-based spider silk web seat is strong and comfy
Lexus announced it will debut the Kinetic Seat Concept at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. The upholstery is made form synthetic protein-based faux genetically engineered
Another Tesla Autopilot Death Means Tesla Can’t Be Trusted?
The new revelation of a second fatal Tesla crash while the vehicle was likely on autopilot shows the company cannot be trusted to deal with
Child Safety Week September 18-24: Winners, Guides & Events
Attention parents, grandparents, baby sitters, aunties and those who drive with children passengers. Child Passenger Safety Week is September 18-24 and culminates with National Seat
Why Obama should abort the autonomous driving rules made by non-transparent relations
Consumer Watchdog called on President Obama to put a hold expected autonomous vehicle policies due to “an inappropriate and possibly unethical relationship between Google and
Dangerous challenges of self-driving autonomous cars
The University of Ohio published an infographic about autonomous driving. The infographic shows some very important problems caused by self-driving cars. One problem is that
New connected car mobility services revenues to top $1 Trillion
New automotive mobility services, called Mobility as a Service (MaaS), that offer on-demand multimodal transportation services is quickly gaining momentum. ABI Research predicts global MaaS
car2go mobility service expands in DC/Arlington with Bluetooth, seat warmers, power & safety
Daimler is working on changing the way people use cars. Today car2go which is powered by Daimler announced that its Washington, D.C. area’s 57,000-plus car2go
e-Chips & Connected Car News Tips: Apple Car, DOJ, Tesla, Volvo, Ford, Toshiba, TomTom, Toyota, Infineon, Land Rover, Volkswagen & Continental
Embedded chips and connected car news tips this week involve the Apple self-driving car lay-offs, DOJ, Tesla, Volvo, Ford, Toshiba, TomTom, Toyota, Infineon, Land Rover,
Mercedes-Benz turns connected cars into office mangers, fitness coaches, assistants, valet parkers & comforters
Daimler/Mercedes-Benz made several announcements at IFA. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars gave a
Mouser supplies connected car cockpit for 3D-printed cars
Mouser Electronics is teaming up with Local Motors and celebrity engineer Grant Imahara to build a vehicle cockpit for 3D-printed autonomous vehicles. The concept’s winning