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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

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In the latest monthly report on its autonomous driving project, Google engineers outlined some of the steps they are taking to teach their self-driving cars to share the road safely with cyclists. Google currently has 24 Lexus RX450h SUVs and 34 prototype vehicles on the road with autonomous driving capability. Click to enlarge.

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Waymo suing Otto and Uber over autonomous driving technology

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Waymo, formerly the Google self-driving car project, is suing Otto and its parent company Uber, charging that the two mis-appropriated Waymo trade secrets and infringed Waymo patents. We’re seeking an injunction to stop the misappropriation of our designs, return all trade secret information and cease infringing our patents.

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 The 2016 Sonata PHEV features a 9.8 kWh Li poly pack.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says “overdue” Starship update is coming soon

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While Musk routinely makes Starship-focused appearances and comments in public or by webcast every 3-6 months, there is a certain brand of update – along the lines of a high-profile tech product reveal – that the SpaceX CEO has only presented four times since Starship’s predecessor was first revealed in September 2016.

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Hyundai launches Sonata PHEV; 22-mile electric range

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Hyundai lanched the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle—Hyundai’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle—along with the hybrid version of the seventh-generation Sonata, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid comes standard with seven airbags, including a new driver’s knee airbag.

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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When Marianne Smith was teaching computer science in 2016 at Flathead Valley Community College , in Kalispell, Mont., After she made the curriculum available for anyone to use via Google Classroom , it increased in popularity. The lights are attached to the bottom of a ribbon skirt, a traditional garment worn by young women.

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NHTSA begins preliminary evaluation of Tesla Model S Autopilot fatality

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ODI is opening the preliminary evaluation (PE16007) to examine the design and performance of any automated driving systems in use at the time of the crash. Andrew Ng (@AndrewYNg) May 27, 2016. Over the 15-month reporting period a human driver was forced to take over a Google self-driving car 341 times, an average of 22.7

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