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Vehicle Autonomy

It seems to me…. “If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend.”  ~ Doug Larson[1]. Many in the automotive and technology worlds are convinced that all-electric fully autonomous … Continue reading

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2017 – It Was A Year

It seems to me…. “And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke[1]. Another year – 2017 – has now passed. When young, New Year’s was an excuse to party but … Continue reading

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Self-Driving Vehicles

It seems to me…. “Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do.” ~ Elon Musk[1]. The rise of the automobile in the early 20th century transformed many aspects of modern society: where we … Continue reading

Posted in Accidents, Automobiles, Autonomous, car, Congestion, Department of Transportation, DOT, Driverless, Fatalities, Google, Highways, National Highway Traffic Safety Association, NHTSA, Roads, Self-Driving, Transportation, Travel, Truck, Vehicle, Vehicle | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Rate Of Innovation

It seems to me… “I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.”  ~ Bill Gates. Plato might have been the first to observe that necessity is the … Continue reading

Posted in 3D, Advanced, Automation, Autonomous, Budget, Cloud, Computing, Driverless, Genomics, Innovation, Internet, Internet of Things, IoT, Materials, Mobile, Print, Research, Robotics, Technology, Vehicle, World Wide Web | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Autonomous Vehicles

It seems to me… “The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow.  It’s like driving a car using a rearview mirror.”  ~ Bernard Loomis. Many versions of a story[i] have made … Continue reading

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