Audi demonstrating Travolution vehicle to infrastructure communications
Posted by admin in Auto, Design on 07. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
This week Audi has been demonstrating its Travolution technology on a fleet of test vehicles near its headquarters in Ingolstadt, Germany. The Travolution package actually incorporates a number of different technologies, including vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure communications and SmartACC. The vehicle-to-infrastructure component allows vehicles to communicate with traffic signals over a combination of WiFi and 3G mobile. [...]
Automobile computer systems successfully hacked
Posted by admin in Auto on 20. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Researchers have managed to hack into vehicle computer systems and remotely take control of a car on the move. The alarming number of safety recalls appearing in headlines of late is worrying enough. Now researchers have shown that it’s possible to take away driver control of a moving vehicle by remotely hacking into relatively insecure [...]
Subaru develops advanced stereoscopic vision system for cars
Posted by admin in Auto on 23. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Driving is a sight-response game and as the line between robots and cars begins to blur, cars will develop ever more advanced vision systems. Computers will initially aid and one day inevitably replace humans in ensuring cars are driven safely. Subaru began fitting a stereoscopic “EyeSight” system to some Japanese market cars nearly two years [...]
GM Goes Hands-Off With EN-V Robotic Pod Car
Posted by admin in Auto on 15. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
The EN-V is more than just an electric ride for urban commuters EN-V Hands Off Now my hands are finally free for those turn signals General Motors touted the automatic driving mode of its two-wheel electric car when it unveiled the vehicle last month in Shanghai, China. Now there’s a video that shows the hands-off [...]
Giant Spanish Bank HQ Employs Swarm of Guidebots to Keep Visitors From Getting Lost
Posted by admin in Auto, Robots on 09. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Donut-shaped robots make life easier for the directionally challenged Robot Guides. Robot guides help visitors navigate a banking center in Madrid. In an innovative solution to the problem of crowd control in a business complex filled with 5,500 employees, a banking center in Madrid has assembled a team of stylish, helpful robots to help people [...]
