News tagged with autonomous mode

Google wins patent for driverless car technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- News surfaced this week that Google has won a patent for driverless car technology. Google filed the patent in May this year. The application is titled “Transitioning a Mixed-mode Veh ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Parental controls on embryonic development?

When a sperm fertilizes an egg, each contributes a set of chromosomes to the resulting embryo, which at these very early stages is called a zygote. Early on, zygotic genes are inert, so embryonic development is largely controlled ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team Continues Analyzing Spirit Computer Reboots and Amnesia Events

(PhysOrg.com) -- After three days of completing Earth-commanded activities without incident last week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had a bout of temporary amnesia Friday, April 17, and rebooted its ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0