All articles by Farah Alkhalisi – Page 9
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ArticleCommsignia announces new 5G-enabled cellular C-V2X products for self-driving cars
Image: CommsigniaV2X provider Commsignia, based in Santa Clara, California, has announced two new products to support the Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything (C-V2X) and 5G ecosystem. Its roadside and onboard units, ITS-RS4 and ITS-OB4 respectively, use the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset for radio communication and are offered as standalone products or with ...
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ArticleInnoviz partners with HiRain on LiDAR and computer vision for autonomous systems
Image: InnovizIsraeli LiDAR and computer vision technology provider Innoviz Technologies is partnering with HiRain Technologies to supply autonomous driving systems to Chinese carmakers.Beijing-based automotive electronics supplier HiRain is integrating Innoviz’s MEMs-based solid-state LiDAR into its products, which are developed with an eye to mass production. It is supporting Levels ...
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ArticleVolkswagen reports successful simulation using quantum computing
Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen has used a quantum computer to successfully simulate molecules such as lithium-hydrogen and carbon chains, and says that this is an important step in developing batteries for electric vehicles. It is now to move onto simulating more complex chemical compounds, with the aim of creating ...
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ArticleDaimler Trucks presents automation center, sets up global e-mobility group
Freightliner eCascadia [left] and eM2 [right]Image: DaimlerDaimler Trucks & Buses is establishing a new Automated Truck Research and Development Center in Portland, Oregon. This US facility is developing, fine-tuning, testing and validating automated driving systems, in collaboration with other Daimler Trucks centers in Stuttgart and Bangalore. Other Daimler business ...
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ArticleUbimax partners with DAQRI on AR smart glasses, Porsche rolls out AR for technicians
Image: UbimaxUbimax, developer of wearables and augmented reality (AR) products, has announced a strategic co-operation with DAQRI, maker of AR glasses. DAQRI, based in Los Angeles and Dublin, is to provide its AR hardware for Ubimax Frontline, an AR software stack.A successful proof of concept trial has been carried ...
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ArticleGoodyear to test intelligent tires at Mcity in Michigan
Image: University of MichiganGoodyear plans to extend its research into ‘intelligent’ connected, sensor-equipped tires and will carry out testing with electric and autonomous vehicles at the Mcity Test Facility [pictured]. Mcity, a public-private partnership led by the University of Michigan, has a 16-acre site of roads and traffic infrastructure ...
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ArticleDaimler's Smart app gets smarter features
Smart 'ready to drop+' service allows package delivery to the car's trunk (Image: Daimler)Smart has added a ‘ready to spot’ service to its ‘ready to’ app to help drivers locate their vehicle – whether they’ve forgotten exactly where they’ve parked it, or if it has been stolen.The app guides ...
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ArticleCivil Maps, Renovo to cooperate on AV technology
Image: RenovoCivil Maps, creator of an edge-computing HD mapping and localization platform, is to collaborate with Renovo, currently testing a fleet of autonomous vehicles in San Jose, California. The two companies will integrate Renovo’s AWare self-driving operating system with Civil Maps’ platform, said to be a lightweight and highly ...
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ArticleHyundai Mobis outlines autonomous driving sensor strategy
Image: Hyundai MobisHyundai Mobis has announced its intentions to develop sensors for all-autonomous driving by 2020. The Korean supplier said it is developing both high- and entry-level radars with a view to production from next year.It is working with Germany’s SMS and ASTYX on five radars for 360-degree detection, ...
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ArticleToyota Mobility Foundation and Alan Turing Institute to research AI for traffic management
Image: Alan Turing InstituteThe Toyota Mobility Foundation is supporting the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, on an AI project to optimize traffic flow in mobility systems. The programme aims to transition complex traffic management from static systems into dynamic, optimized systems ...
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Infineon to lead auto IT security research alliance
The Infineon-led consortium has 15 partners from industry and academia (Image: Infineon)Infineon is to lead a three-year research project looking at IT security for self-driving cars. The €7.2 million SecForCARs programme (Security for Connected, Autonomous Cars) is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research, and will explore ...
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ArticleDENSO, Hyundai, Toyota all invest in Metawave for smart radar
Image: MetawaveDenso Corporation, Hyundai’s investment division Hyundai Cradle, and Toyota AI Ventures have all taken stakes in the start-up Metawave Corporation, which has raised an additional $10million from these three and other new strategic investors.Metawave has core technologies for expanding radar detector range, improving recognition performance, and reducing size ...
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ArticleMIT researchers present dynamic lane-change algorithm for AVs
Image: MIT NewsResearchers from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have presented a new lane-changing algorithm for autonomous cars. This creates and reassesses ‘buffer zones’ around a vehicle and is said to allow for more aggressive lane changes than existing simple ...
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ArticleHERE launches new over-the-air tech for connected vehicles, joins OneMap Alliance
Image: HERE TechnologiesHERE Technologies is launching HERE OTA Connect, a new over-the-air technology for secure transfer of data, software and firmware between the cloud and a vehicle. This has been designed to integrate into an OEM’s own back-end and is available as a standalone product, although HERE is to ...
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ArticleConsortium creates CAN Data Diode for vehicle cybersecurity
Image: IrdetoA consortium including America’s National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), Irdeto, Geotab and DG Technologies has developed a CAN Data Diode hardware device in collaboration with the University of Tulsa. Created in the university’s Student CyberTruck Experience (CyTex) program, this is said to secure a truck’s electronic logging ...
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ArticleVolkswagen opens Konnect co-working campus in Tel Aviv to support tech start-ups
Konnect, the new Volkswagen Group Campus in Tel Aviv, Israel, has been opened to provide a co-working space for local tech start-ups and to support collaborations. Themes for the work to take place there include connectivity, smart navigation, sensors, simulators, cybersecurity, e-mobility and big data, with a view to pushing ...
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ArticleAEye introduces ‘Dynamic Vixels’, promises more perceptive AV data capture
Image: BusinesswireAEye has announced a new real-time data type said to enable its artificial perception systems to see ‘more like humans’. Dynamic Vixels can now be deployed to enhance the Californian company’s iDAR (Intelligent Detection and Ranging) system: these combine pixels from 2D cameras with voxels from its Agile ...
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ArticleBMW to expand cooperation with China's Tencent
Image: BMW GroupBMW Group is to expand its co-operation and joint research work with the Chinese cybersecurity research team Tencent Keen Security Lab. It has been carrying out security tests both internally and with independent third parties, and a project with Tencent Keen explored potential vulnerabilities in the head ...
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ArticleFord adds in-dash Waze integration to SYNC 3-equipped vehicles
Image: FordWaze, said to be the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app, is now available via iPhone and AppLink in Ford vehicles equipped with the SYNC 3 communications system. The app can be projected directly onto the in-dash screen and controlled using voice commands.Users can download the Waze ...
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ArticleAutoMobile Technologies, Frazer Computing integrate DMS software for vehicle reconditioning
ReconMonitorImage: AutoMobile TechnologiesAutoMobile Technologies is to integrate its ReconMonitor with Frazer Dealer Management Software, to provide a certified integrated platform for dealerships to manage vehicle reconditioning workflows and processes.ReconMonitor is said to give end-to-end real-time visibility of the reconditioning process of a vehicle, tracking it from acquisition to showroom-readiness, ...
