Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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06/11/21 – Viodi View
There is nothing like a shutdown to make one appreciate travel, particularly travel by airplane. By entering a portal of sorts, it is possible, in a few short hours, to come out the other side in a completely new environment. And seeing something in person or meeting an old friend face-to-face cannot compare to a…
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Dallas’ Floating Oasis Above a Concrete Desert
Like a floating oasis rising above a concrete desert, the Klyde Warren Park stands firmly above the congested Woodall Rodgers Freeway in the heart of Dallas. From the vantage point of a car, it is unremarkable and looks like any other short tunnel one would encounter on a typical highway. At street level, however, it…
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Autonomous Shuttle Pilots in Europe, AMD Aspirations in Austin
Comprising an area approximately twice the size of New Jersey, the Netherlands punches above its weight, to use a boxing metaphor, in the piloting and implementation of autonomous vehicles. This is one takeaway from the recent TU-Delft webinar, Deployment potential of automated minibuses for first/last mile transport. Professor Bart van Arem explains that TU-Delft’s mission…
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R.I.P. Dutch Hemler – Solid, Loyal, & Wise
Pennsylvania Dutch evokes an image of an oak tree. Something that is solid and firmly planted in the ground. loyal and true. wise, yet ageless. It is appropriate, that Jerome Hemler got his nickname thanks to his Hanover heritage. Dutch had a great story about how he got that moniker. And like many of his…
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Driverless – The VOD of Today?
It was an honor to be on the Smart Driving Car podcast with Cade Metz, Fred Fishkin, and Alain Kornhauser for a thoughtful discussion of what makes driverless different than an Internet app. Inspired by Metz’s recent New York Times article, The Costly Pursuit of Self Driving Cars Continues On and On and On, the…