The CEO of Waymo, the Google subsidiary tasked with developing driverless cars, has said the recent death of a pedestrian in an accident involving an autonomous car would not have occurred with his company's technology.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 26, 2018
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The leader of Google's self-driving car spinoff Waymo says he is confident in the company's technology and its capability to interact with pedestrians.
Business
Mar 25, 2018
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The dangerous wobbling of pedestrian bridges could be reduced by using biomechanically inspired models of pedestrian response to bridge motion and a mathematical formula to estimate the critical crowd size at which bridge ...
Engineering
Nov 21, 2017
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Autonomous vehicles are already navigating the verdant hills of Pittsburgh and cruising the pitched avenues of San Francisco. They may soon be tested by the chaos of downtown Manhattan, where pedestrians, taxis, buses and ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 17, 2017
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Mitsubishi announced today its new Safe and Secure Lighting system, which uses road-surface projections and car-body displays to inform pedestrians and other drivers about the vehicle's movements and actions. Selected features ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 11, 2017
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Right now, there are two ways to be safe crossing a road: Wait until no cars are close by, so there's enough time to make it to the other side of the street – or communicate with oncoming drivers. As the number of pedestrian ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 18, 2017
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French pedestrians have the reputation of being a law unto themselves—but an unusual study has provided some scientific backing for the stereotype.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2017
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What if the brakes go out in a driverless car? Does it mow down a crowd of pedestrians or swerve into a concrete wall and sacrifice its passenger?
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 18, 2017
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Imagine an urban neighborhood where most of the cars are self-driving. What would it be like to be a pedestrian?
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 26, 2016
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Pedestrians glued to their smartphones were given something else to look at this week, as officials in Seoul launched a safety campaign to keep them from walking into busy traffic.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 22, 2016
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