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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles. -
The COVID-19 health crisis has undoubtedly pushed companies toward automated processes and robotic systems. As the vaccine is rolled out, some worry workers may be permanently displaced as health restrictions loosen
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Zoox, the maker of a bidirectional autonomous taxi backed by the Internet retailer Amazon, unveiled the latest iteration of its driverless taxi earlier this week in Foster City, Calif.
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One senator questions whether the federal government is keeping up with changes in transportation technology, and argues that state-level regulations should be standardized.
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The test drives come after years of experimenting with its groundbreaking autonomous vehicle technology almost exclusively in California.
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For all the technological challenges, experts can't agree as to whether self-driving vehicles are just around the bend, or light years away.
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The number of self-driving vehicles on Californian roadways is growing fast, with issues of safety and morality in tow.
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On this edition of FutureStructure Radio - our continuing conversation with Illinois CIO Hardik Bhatt and Munish Khetrapal of Cisco.
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A conversation with veteran public sector technologist Hardik Bhatt on where government is going, and where the IoE is taking the communities it serves.
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The measure comes just days after the National Transportation Safety Board reiterated its call for collision-avoidance systems to be included as standard equipment in new car.
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Measurements and metrics are essential to becoming a smart city, and IoT sensors provide the key to do this in real-time.
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New research shared by Google last month shows how barriers to market, like expensive LIDAR components, could soon be eliminated.
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Carnegie Mellon University engineers believe the human element will remain part of driving until people develop confidence in self-driving technology, and also for safety reasons.
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The measure aims to ensure states can make the necessary investments to implement critical safety technologies, says U.S. Sen. Gary Peters.
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Joining California, Nevada, Michigan, Florida and Washington, D.C., Virginia will become the newest addition to the self-driving vehicle club.
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Over 2,000 transportation professionals attended the meeting, where keynote speaker and leader of Google's self-driving program Chris Urmson discussed the future of self-driving vehicles.
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The device is installed on a power line pole, and is designed to automatically open and re-close itself, saving the need for a lineman to manually restore service.
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The aging public transportation in many American cities is straining under increased use. New tools and technologies are needed to create new options for city planners and policy makers.
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According to an expert at MIT, the diminishing importance of people in jobs make it necessary to change business models and education as quickly as technology is changing.
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The potential benefits of autonomous vehicles are exciting, but innovators and government officials must first overcome several barriers to change.
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Technology, government policy and public opinion are converging toward vehicles that don't need anyone behind the wheel.
