Poland is pioneering new road signs that combine an array of sensors to monitor road traffic and conditions to warn drivers of hazards on the road ahead. Researchers are building ‘intelligent’ motorway signs to track traffic volume and alert drivers in real time to potential dangers as part of a national project called INZNAK. The … Read more
British car maker Jaguar Land Rover is accelerating its development of self-driving technology by building a ‘smart city hub’ in Ireland where it can test its cars of the future. The specially-created city environment will be established at the Future Mobility Campus Ireland in Shannon Free Zone business park, near Limerick, and be completed next … Read more
Scientists are building autonomous repair robots that will use AI to identify and fix potholes in UK roads. The electric, self-driving bots – which are being built by a spin-out company from the University of Liverpool called Robotiz3d – can find small cracks in the road and cover them with asphalt. Researchers say the machines, … Read more
The Mayflower is one-step closer to sailing from England to Plymouth – but this time it will be without a crew. Powered artificial intelligence, the autonomous ship is set to start trials in England and will be unveiled on September 16 in honor of the 400th anniversary the original vessel made its journey in 1620. … Read more
British car maker Jaguar Land Rover has developed new software to train autonomous cars to drive better to prevent passengers from suffering from motion sickness during journeys. The nation’s biggest vehicle producer has created a rating system for driverless technology – called a ‘wellness score’ – that designers claim can reduce the impact of travel … Read more
US electric vehicle maker Tesla is ‘very close’ to achieving complete autonomous driving technology, CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday, referring to the capability to navigate roads without any driver input. ‘I’m extremely confident that level 5 or essentially complete autonomy will happen and I think will happen very quickly,’ Musk said in remarks made … Read more
Elon Musk says Tesla vehicles are ‘very close’ to being completely autonomous and will reach ‘basic functionality’ by end of 2020, allowing the cars to drive without human input Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric vehicle maker is close to developing complete driving autonomy technology Musk made the announcement in a video message during … Read more
After protesters in Washington, DC, attempted to pull down the statue of former president Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Park on Monday night, President Trump demanded ten year sentences for those involved, calling them ‘disgraceful’. In a tweet following the incident, Trump announced that ‘numerous people’ have been arrested for the ‘disgraceful vandalism’ of the ‘magnificent’ … Read more
After a nine minute trip into orbit and a few hundred mile journey to the coast of Florida, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has finally returned home. The rocket pulled into Port Canaveral aboard the firm’s drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ after launching NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley toward the International … Read more
The rise in the number of self-driving cars will lead to more binge drinking as people stop worrying about having to drive home from a pub or club, a study claims. Researchers from Curtin University, Australia, say if a group don’t need to assign a designated driver due to having an autonomous car, they will … Read more