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Viodi View – 06/03/16

Smart Glass Technology – Bring People Together, Don’t Drive them Apart  It was ironic that while Dan Eisenhardt of Intel was speaking of a world where information will be provided hands-free via smart glasses, my smart phone was rendered inoperable because of a low-storage condition (this apparently happens to others as well). The ensuing 15 minutes of figuring out […]

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Something That Can Transform Transportation

The biggest challenge we face right now is a proposed [FCC] rule-making that would potentially open up that spectrum to other users that might, through their operations, effectively jam the safety messages,” according to Ken Leonard, Director of the ITS Joint Program Office of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The proposed FCC rule making Leonard refers to would expand the […]

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Past, Present & the FUTURE of Cars

There once was a conference (PDF) where experts tried to find a solution to the increasing problem of congestion, pollution and the associated ill-effects of the transportation system. The attendees didn’t find a solution and it looked like modern civilization was headed in the wrong direction. It was the 1890s and the solution, of course, which the […]

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Better Eyesight Than Humans – The Advent of Low-Cost LiDAR #CES2015

“You have the information you need.” [to control a self-driving vehicle], said Louay Eldada, CEO and Co-Founder of Quanergy. In the above interview, he explained that his company developed a LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) system that includes lasers and detectors, as well as the associated processing. This allows vehicle manufacturers to easily add 3-dimensional […]

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Viodi View – 08/22/14

It’s obvious by the look on their faces, that people could be thinking that this guy is from another planet. This is the feeling I have when talking about my latest obsession, the autonomous vehicle. The obsession first manifested itself in the fictional story of what life will be like for today’s youth in the year 2040 thanks to self-driving vehicles. […]

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