article thumbnail

U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

Cars That Think

Universities and community colleges are revamping their semiconductor-related curricula and forging strategic partnerships with one another and with industry to train the staff needed to run U.S. Intel arrives at Ohio State Ohio State University is using its chip-fabrication facility to train future engineers and technicians.

Universal 137
article thumbnail

Toyota expands Collaborative Safety Research Center with $35M; focus on transition to automated vehicle and connected vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

CSRC will concentrate on supporting a safe transition to the future of mobility, particularly through emerging automated- and connected-vehicle technologies. TEMA), made the announcement at Toyota’s 2014 Advanced Safety Seminar in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Connect 210
article thumbnail

Volkswagen Group ERL working on more intuitive communications between driver, car and environment

Green Car Congress

As vehicle connectivity and advanced assistance systems become a ubiquitous part of driving, researchers at Volkswagen Group’s Electronics Research Laboratory ( ERL ) are working to create a “perfect driving experience” by enabling more intuitive forms of communications between the driver, the car and the external environment.

article thumbnail

Video Friday: Robotics After Hours

Cars That Think

YouTube ] The Apellix Opus X8 Softwash (SW) system cleaning the University of Florida Shands Hospital building in Jacksonville, Florida. Apellix ] NeuroVis is a neural dynamic visualizer that connects to the Robot Operating System (ROS). For a decade-old platform, this performance is still pretty good. Brain Lab ] Thanks, Poramate!

Boston 129
article thumbnail

Video Friday: Ingenuity’s 50th Flight

Cars That Think

As at the previous events, teams from Carnegie Mellon University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of Washington participated. Deep Robotics ] NAVER LABS is conducting joint research on “Natural Robot Motion Generation” with Professor Choi Sung-joon and his team at Korea University Robot Intelligence Lab.

article thumbnail

Kandi advances plan for EV rental system pilot in China

Green Car Congress

First proposed by Kandi in August 2011, the plan envisions Hangzhou as the first test site for a new transportation system which would make available 100,000 self-driven Pure EV rentals at centrally operated “smart” vertical parking and charging facilities to be constructed at key locations throughout Hangzhou.

China 199
article thumbnail

Study finds hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

Green Car Congress

Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, according to a recent study by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. The study is published in Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.