Tag: autonomous vehicles
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Where Are We on the Road to Safe Driving?
The road to safe-driving is one with a destination that is always just out of reach. That is, paraphrasing Princeton Professor Dr. Alain Kornhauser, 100% risk-free transportation is unachievable. With that in mind, Kornhauser did an excellent job of organizing a panel of experts from Europe and America to discuss existing and future solutions to…
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What’s the Vision for the Smart Driving Future?
Start with the end in mind, to parrot Stephen Covey, was a recurring theme of the inaugural panel of the 4th annual Smart Driving Car Summit. Led by moderator Jim Atkinson, CEO of Guinness Atkinson Asset Management, Inc., and the president of SmartETFs and the Guinness Atkinson Funds, the panelists repeatedly discussed an overarching vision…
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Cutting Edge, Automated Mobility at the Oldest National Park & Beyond
Mobility as an amenity is one way to characterize Beep’s autonomous transportation service. To paraphrase Princeton’s Dr. Kornhauser, Beep’s service is like a horizontal elevator connecting buildings spread out over a given area. In a sense, what Beep is offering is an extension of its sponsors’ customer experience. These are just a few takeaways from…
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Viodi View – 09/28/20
Tomorrow at 1 PM ET, marks the beginning of this year’s 3-day Independent Show. With bite-size blocks of two-hour sessions, featuring speakers such as Representative Mike Doyle, economist, Marci Rossell, and FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, this year’s event is, as suggested in the show’s tagline, reimagined. Although the gathering will be virtual with sessions that…
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Viodi View – 07/24/20
“You had to be there” is the worn-out phrase one hears from a storyteller after his story doesn’t quite get the reaction he thought it would. Fortunately for the Viodi View audience, many of my stories are captured with video so it is possible to see and hear directly from the people doing the action.…
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First Packages, Then People – Potential Implications of the Amazon-Zoox Deal
Will package delivery via autonomous vehicles provide a path for those people who can least afford mobility, the so-called mobility disadvantaged? Specifically, does Amazon’s purchase of Zoox hint at a world where the world’s largest online seller becomes the low-cost people mover? And, if so, what are the implications for public spaces, the built environment,…