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Self-Driving Cars Will Cause Motion Sickness ‘Often’ to ‘Always’,’ Study Finds
Recent studies indicate that the proliferation of autonomous vehicles may come with an increase in the rate of motion sickness…
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What it’s like to be inside a car when hackers take control from miles away
Consumerist and Wired report on a recent demonstration of a hacking technique that expolits a software flaw present some models,…
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Kant is my co-driver: philosophy and driverless cars
Above and beyond the pure engineering, efficiency and sustainability goals of autonomous vehicles lies the safety goals.
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Laser pointers can make self-driving cars halucinate objects that aren’t there
Recent testing indicates that the light and radar (LIDAR) systems employed by self-driving cars may be vulnerable to attacks using…
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Automotive Safety Technology Won’t Work If Drivers Don’t Understand It
Advanced driver assistance technologies (ADAS) are becoming more and more common in new automobiles but questions remain about whether or…
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Americans Warming To Idea of Self-Driving Cars
Recent studies by AAA and Erie Insurance show more acceptance for self-driving vehicles than a year ago.
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GM Will Launch Robocars Without Steering Wheels Next Year
After more than a century making vehicles for humans to drive, General Motors plans a truly driverless car hoping to…
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Daydreaming May Be Biggest Cause of Car Crashes
A recent analysis of federal traffic safety data suggests that the brain's habit of drifting off into daydreams is still…