Category: Technology

  • Autonomous Vehicles Staying the Course with a Fiber Gyro #AVS16

    Autonomous Vehicles Staying the Course with a Fiber Gyro #AVS16

    Redundancy of inputs might be the secret sauce that will lead to the expected safety improvements of autonomous transportation. In the above interview, Sean McCormack, Director, FOG/OEM Sales for KVH Industries, talks about KVH’s inertial sensor as a way for an autonomous vehicle to understand where it is at all times, even, in those cases…

  • HOTi Summary Part II. SDN & NFV Impact on Interconnects & Cloud Orchestration Lacking

    HOTi Summary Part II. SDN & NFV Impact on Interconnects & Cloud Orchestration Lacking

    Introduction: This article summarizes the HOTi August 26th keynote presentation from SDx Central’s Roy Chua. The impact of SDN, NFV and other Software Defined WAN/ open networking schemes on Interconnects (for intra-Data Center (DC) communications) are described along with Roy’s conclusions. Mr. Chua described the emerging trends, hot topics and the impact SDe will have on interconnect…

  • HOT Interconnects (HOTi) Summary- Part I.  Building Large Scale Data Center Networks

    HOT Interconnects (HOTi) Summary- Part I. Building Large Scale Data Center Networks

    The annual IEEE Hot Interconnects conference was held August 24-25, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA. We review selected presentations in a series of conference summary articles. In this Part I. piece, we focus on design considerations for large-scale Data Centers (DCs) that are operated by Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).

  • Automation Will Be a Continuum

    Automation Will Be a Continuum

    “You will need all of them”, says Dr. Louay Eldada. Eldada, CEO of Quanergy was referring to the idea of fusing multiple types of sensors together to paint a complete picture of a vehicle’s environment. This picture Eldada describes is one that is more crisp and extensive (360 degree view) than what a human could see. Quanergy’s…

  • Keeping Humans in the Loop in Autonomous Vehicles

    Keeping Humans in the Loop in Autonomous Vehicles

    Editor’s Note: A couple of years ago I let my imagination run wild when trying to piece together what Google’s end-game would be with the autonomous car. The resulting article led to an introduction with many experts in the field, including one of the early pioneers in bringing automony and mobility together. Award winning car…

  • Putting People First in Mobility Automation

    Putting People First in Mobility Automation

    “They don’t want to have to make false choices,” said Gabe Klein, Special Venture Partner at Fontinalis Partners. Speaking at the 2016 Automated Vehicles Symposium, Klein was referring to the idea that, with the correct implementation, automation and connectivity will help cities create better places, while improving mobility for its citizens. To get to this nirvana, it will…