Ford and Microsoft Team Up to Build Smart Energy-Saving System for Houses and...
Smart systems that help figure out when to charge electric cars at home and avoid overloading utility power generators have gotten a boost from a new deal signed by Ford and Microsoft. A smart system...
View ArticleHow Intelligent Cars Will Make Driving Easier and Greener
Lawmakers in Nevada made a pretty forward-thinking move a couple weeks ago when they passed a measure ordering new regulations for driverless cars. Many vehicles already participate in...
View ArticleDashboard-Mounted Smartphones Network Together to Watch for Red Light...
The perceived future of driving tends to revolve around a networked traffic infrastructure in which cars, traffic signals, and other roadway implements talk to each other electronically to optimize...
View ArticleIBM Patents a Mapping Algorithm To Re-Route Drivers Along Retail-Heavy Roads
With connectivity and smarter planning, intelligent cars promise to cut congestion, make roads safer and generally improve the whole experience of getting behind the wheel. But nobody said it was all...
View ArticleNissan Developing Mind-Reading Cars That Anticipate Drivers' Next Moves and...
Barely a day goes by without a new development in smart car technology, from computerized cars to driving directions. Now researchers in Switzerland are developing cars with…
View ArticleTo Save Fuel, Cars Will Drop Off Drivers, Then Search For Parking Spaces on...
Automakers are doing all sorts of things to cars to make them smarter and more autonomous, as regular readers are aware. Here’s a new one: GM wants to take self-parking cars to a new level, letting...
View ArticleAlgorithm Can Detect When Cars Are About to Run a Red Light
Cars with infrared sensors, cameras and collaborative connectivity will eventually go a long way toward avoiding collisions, but human drivers will still be a wild card. Now a new algorithm can...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Re-Launches Its Traffic Mapping, Incorporating Real-Time Data...
Google Maps is bringing traffic estimates back to its estimated travel time feature, and this time it’s relying on realtime data obtained from third party reports and drivers voluntarily running...
View ArticleCadillac’s ‘Super Cruise’ Mode Will Keep You In Your Lane Automatically
Though driverless cars are making plenty of inroads, it may be awhile yet before people are willing to hand over the keys and let their cars take over entirely. But a few autonomous functions may make...
View ArticleThe Safer, Faster, More Efficient Commute Of The Future
Traffic sucks. Even the Department of Transportation thinks so. Someday in the not too distant future--think somewhere between Uber picking you up when you’re drunk and the arrival of super fast...
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