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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

Fortunately, the aircraft manufacturers had already calculated how their products would perform. The hard work came to fruition in Flight Simulator 2000 , which reached a technical milestone: It mapped the entire planet in 1-kilometer blocks. It included a bird’s-eye perspective of locales like Machu Picchu, in Peru.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Many Americans are unsure where regulation should come from, but would prefer manufacturers and tech companies (36%) to self-regulate over government regulation (24%). Globally, a majority of those surveyed say that AVs will be easier, more comfortable safer, more relaxing, more economical, more enjoyable, and friendlier to the environment.