News tagged with vehicle computer

GRASP lab demonstrates quadrotors (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Quadrotors, robotic vehicles resembling tiny helicopters, have been demonstrated by a group of scientists in the US. The quadrotors were shown carrying out impressive maneuvers and lifting ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (31) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 2 weblog

NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor to power Audi's next-gen infotainment and digital instrument clusters

NVIDIA announced that Audi AG has selected the NVIDIA Tegra 3 mobile processor to power in-vehicle infotainment systems -- as well as new digital instrument clusters that replace traditional dashboard gauges ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Inexpensive sensor gives advance warning of catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed an inexpensive sensor that can warn of impending catastrophic failure in lithium-ion batteries. The ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New rechargeable batteries needed: A microporous polymer is an unusually powerful supercapacitor

(PhysOrg.com) -- For future electric vehicles, powerful notebook computers, and other portable devices, we need a new generation of energy storage materials that are better suited to modern needs than current ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Southampton engineers fly the world's first 'printed' aircraft

Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design.

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Wi-Fi cars hitting the information superhighway

More cars are hitting the information superhighway thanks to new automotive Wi-Fi technology that allows vehicles to become rolling "hot spots."

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 27, 2011 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Engineers study birds, bees to design unmanned vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona aerospace and mechanical engineers are studying bird and bee flight to develop unmanned vehicles that stay aloft longer and cope with sudden and severe changes in airflow.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Computer models predicts path of lost hikers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The next time a Boy Scout is lost in the wilderness, search and rescue teams could have better statistics on their side in deciding where to look.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Glimpsing a greener future: Computer model foresees effects of alternative transportation fuels

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

P2P traffic control

Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by researchers in California, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

9 million bicycles, but what about the cars in Beijing?

Forget the fact of there being "9 million bicycles in Beijing, that's not a fact. Indeed, motor vehicle traffic is fast becoming a big problem that has led to unsustainable pollution and draconian rules in some parts of the ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer scientist developing intersections of the future with fully autonomous vehicles

Intersections of the future will not need stop lights or stop signs, but will look like a somewhat chaotic flow of driverless, autonomous cars slipping past one another as they are managed by a virtual traffic controller, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

No future without scarce metals

It is not just in laptop computers, mobile telephones and LED screens that scarce metals are to be found but also in solar cells, batteries for mobile technologies and many other similar applications. The ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Researchers seek ways to beef up military armor

It was a simple act, really, one that Ledjan Qato performed dozens of times in the corner of a spacious engineering lab at Villanova University.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0