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Tesla says all electric cars it now builds will have hardware to drive completely on their own, though fully self-driving cars are still years away.
Tesla founder Elon Musk said its hardware was “basically a super-computer in a car,” but added it would be up to regulators and the public to decide when self-driving vehicles could actually be used on the roads.
A driverless car developed by Oxford University’s Oxford Robotics Institute has had its first outing in the UK.
The trial in Milton Keynes is the culmination of 18 months planning, which required a virtual mapping of the town along with extensive work with Milton Keynes Council to ensure the vehicles would be safe, conform to regulations and be accepted by the public
From Smart Driving Permits and Smart Patrol Cars to Smart Guns – just a few ways the Internet of Things is beginning to impact law enforcement…
With more smart devices entering the Internet of Things, (IoT), some sectors and industries are adopting this technology at a faster rate than others. Case in point: law enforcement agencies, which are rapidly increasing their use of IoT in an effort to improve their valuable service to the public.
Later this month Uber will be bringing a fleet of cars with its automated driving technology to customers in Pittsburgh, USA. The fleet will initially be supervised by humans in the driver’s seat, but nonetheless this is an important milestone that no other automotive or technology company has yet achieved. Has Uber left its rivals Google and Tesla behind?
Uber’s Pittsburgh fleet, which will be supervised by humans in the driver’s seat for the time being, consists of specially modified Volvo XC90 sport-utility vehicles outfitted with dozens of sensors that use cameras, lasers, radar, and GPS receivers.
Looking like a real life TRON light cycle, the Cyclotron spokeless carbon-fibre smart bike is straight out of the future. A Kickstarter project currently seeking funding, the Cyclotron team claim this is the future of cycling – and it’s easy to see why…
All this functionality is controlled through the Cyclo App, which hooks up with the 10 Bluetooth sensors scattered around the bike. After learning your riding habits, it’ll give manually geared riders up-and-downshift suggestions, while electronic geared bikes get fully automatic shifting through the app.
Autocar reports on how BMW is using its SIM card-based Connected Drive technology to integrate all of its new cars into the Internet of Things by pairing its vehicles with owner’s homes using its Smart Home integration.
You can see if your smoke alarm has gone off because you’ll get a notification in the car, or you can see if there’s a water leak and then speak to whoever’s in the house to find out what’s going on
The first self-driving, 3D-printed smart bus has just landed on the streets of Washington, DC. Created by Arizona-based Local Motors in conjunction with IBM Watson Internet of Things, Olli (meetolli.auto) is the first vehicle to have the capability to analyse and learn from transportation data.
Using IBM Watson technology, the bus will be able to answer questions about how it works, where it is going and how it makes decisions, Local Motors said. Passengers will also be able to ask Olli about destinations, such as “Olli, can you take me downtown?”
Consulting firm Bain & Company recently published a new report that focuses on “the major emerging battlegrounds” in the IoT that enterprises need to be aware of. Mike Wheatley at SiliconANGLE takes a look at these battlegrounds;
Although the connected car in the IoT space is still in its infancy, Brandon Butler at Network World, imagines what life will be like in the not too distant future according to car giant BMW’s vision.
The conversion of the Internet of Things with the automotive industry will create a world of cars that integrate with a connected home, drive themselves and are at your beck and call. This is the future, as outlined by BMW.
A ‘hack day’ held with IoT platform company EVRYTHNG could see Brompton folding bikes joining the Internet of Things as the two companies explored together the possibilities of a connected bike. Joon Ian Wong over at digital news outlet Quartz tells us how it went.
application ideas included tracking air quality and other environmental information, so riders could gauge pollution on a route; an app that would send an emergency message if it detected a sudden impact to the bike; and a program that would automatically turn on a house’s lights and phone the owner if unwanted motion was detected.
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