A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
The Nevada Electric Highway, recently unveiled by Gov. Brian Sandoval and NV Energy, is a network of charging stations planned along U.S. Route 95 that would finally make it far easier to drive sparsely populated, mostly desert route between Reno and Las Vegas with an electric vehicle. Continue reading… “‘Electric Highway’ for EVs in Nevada”
You can make your own movie with a smartphone, go to university without ever leaving your living room, and build your own kitchen with a little help from the internet. We live in a do-it-yourself age. Continue reading… “Hope of a car industry revolution from a 3D-printed car”
Uber has grown from just four to more than 3,000 employees in just five years. Continue reading… “Uber now has over 1 million drivers”
Why is the Mercedes Benz Smart Car called smart? In reality it is just small. A true smart car might be able to change shape, and even drive sideways, like the EO Smart Connecting Car 2. Continue reading… “New tiny car that can change shape and drive sideways”
If you think texting and driving is bad, that is only the start. Continue reading… “Here’ why we need driverless cars immediately, if not sooner”
Most people, including experts, think that with the large hurdles that exist for widespread adoption, the transition to driverless vehicles will come slowly over the coming few decades. This could be a significant underestimation. Continue reading… “By 2025 autonomous cars could eliminate millions of jobs and reshape our economy”
Last Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission derided legislative attempts to prevent consumers from buying cars directly from manufacturers in a strongly worded blog post. Continue reading… “FTC paving the way for direct-to-consumer cars”
In the six months it’s been in use an experimental bike path that also functions as a giant solar cell has far exceeded expectations – and that has scientists eyeing roadways as possible sources of solar energy to power street lights, traffic systems, and electric cars. Continue reading… “Solar road is generating more power than expected”
At least we know they’re not distracted by their cellphones, but the viability of self-driving cars will likely be debated and scoffed at for a long time. Continue reading… “Google’s self-driving cars have already been in 11 accidents”
Having done a thing or two to change the world through the personal-computing revolution, Steve Wozniak sees self-driving cars as the next major technological breakthrough. Continue reading… “Steve Wozniak: next tech revolution is in cars”
Mini has a prototype for an augmented reality system, developed in conjunction with Qualcomm, and the tech looks absolutely bizarre. Being behind the wheel will become almost like a video game when the driver put on the goggles that look like a cross between Google Glass and something a World War I aviator might wear. Continue reading… “Mini’s augmented vision glasses”
Stratasys announced an interesting fact: Since using Stratasys 3D printing technology at its engine production facility in Lyon, France, Volvo Trucks is experiencing dramatically decreased turnaround times of assembly line manufacturing tools with turnaround times having dropped by more than 94%. Continue reading… “Volvo cuts turnaround time by 94% using 3D printing”
