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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment

A New Mapping Camera Assembly & More?

Could this be a new way for Google or some other entity to capture images and metadata of the streets and buildings in a community? This module was recently seen strapped to a ski rack on an unmarked mini-SUV in Silicon Valley. It features seven cameras (6 each providing horizontal view with one pointing upwards). […]

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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment

The Integrated Driving Sensor – Far, Fast, and Precise

The following YouTube videos and associated descriptions are from a recent interview with Behrooz Rezvani, Founder and CEO of Neural Propulsion Systems. It is clear that NPS is looking beyond the era of human driving, where up to 94% of crashes are caused by human misbehavior/error.  In the driverless era, insurance will shift from insuring […]

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Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment Robots Technology

Telecom Techniques for Autonomous Sensing

A full-stack autonomous sensing platform for ten percent the cost of conventional methods is what Perceptive promises. Their path to this dramatic cost reduction is to apply both principles and components of modern telecommunications. Similar to a modern wireless network, fiber optic cables carry laser and radar signals between small, inexpensive antennas and a central […]