Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment

  • Better Capital Utilization Leads to More Sustainable Living – #InnovationandImpact

    Better Capital Utilization Leads to More Sustainable Living – #InnovationandImpact

    “You need to know where to look to understand what those dynamics are, what the physics of that movement of the puck is,” says Gil Friend, Chair of Natural Logic, Inc. and Founder of Critical Path Capital. Reflecting on Wayne Gretzky’s classic wisdom about adjusting to the future, in the above interview, Friend suggests that…

  • The Flexible Vehicle Interior #CES2109

    The Flexible Vehicle Interior #CES2109

    What will happen in the vehicles of tomorrow when the interiors can change dynamically to meet the needs of the passengers and/or owner? Magna, the huge vehicle OEM, is pondering this question and displayed some of their early thinking on this topic at CES2019. Their early research is about understanding today’s mobility use cases, as…

  • Tesla – the Dark Horse MaaS Provider? #SmartDrivingCarSummit

    Tesla – the Dark Horse MaaS Provider? #SmartDrivingCarSummit

    Could the robotaxi model that Tesla’s Elon Musk has been touting be a successful approach for a Mobility as a Service (MaaS) model? After some recent first-hand experience with the Tesla driving experience, MaaS champion, Princeton’s Dr. Alain Kornhauser states why he believes Musk be on the right path. In the above video, Kornhauser provides…

  • The Augmented Fabric at #AWE2019

    The Augmented Fabric at #AWE2019

    Could fabrics be the next technology disruptor? The short answer is yes if the predictions and objectives of the AFFOA (Advanced Functional Fabrics of America) are realized. Speaking at the AWE USA 2019, AFFOA CEO, Yoel Fink, paints a picture where fibers act as the sensors and transmitters turning clothing and other fabrics from fashion statements to…

  • Journey Mapping to a New Way of Design

    Journey Mapping to a New Way of Design

    What does studying baboons have to do with designing the human interface for the autonomous mobility of the future? Find out by watching the above video, filmed at the 2019 SmartDrivingCars Summit, which also provides an overview of: participatory design using journey mapping to help people understand how they use different modes of transport and…

  • AV Cybersecurity Collaboration #CES2019

    AV Cybersecurity Collaboration #CES2019

    Daniel Thunberg, Global Head of Connected Transport of Irdeto, and Danny Loeb, VP Alliances & Partners of SafeRide Technologies, talk about the process for security in this panel-like discussion at CES2019. A key message is that cybersecurity is a component of automobile safety and is something that industry cooperates on, instead of competes on. Further,…