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BMW brings Enlighten real-time signals app into car

Green Car Congress

The EnLighten app shows the current status of the traffic light in front of the car in real time as well as a countdown to when the signal will change. Based on the current vehicle position, as well as its speed, the EnLighten app offers a recommendation about whether or not to stop for the traffic light or proceed through.

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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

Cars That Think

The next great chatbot will run at lighting speed on your laptop PC—no Internet connection required. The startup Artly uses AI in its barista bots, Jarvis and Amanda, which serve coffee at several locations across North America (it makes a solid cappuccino—even by the scrupulous standards of Portland, Oregon’s coffee culture).

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The Tremendous VR and CG Systems—of the 1960s

Cars That Think

The interview transcripts can be downloaded here and here. In Berkeley’s offices, the Sutherland brothers encountered his light-seeking robot squirrel “ Squee ,” now in the collection of the Computer History Museum, which also holds some of Berkeley’s papers. And the two-part video of the interview is available here and here.

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Measuring State-of-Charge on Lead Acid Batteries

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I feel very fortunate in that the company I work for (HP) has a subscription to IEEE Xplore, so I downloaded literally a hundred scientific papers today on battery management and state-of-charge measurement of lead-acid cells. This week is packed, so I might get to hooking up the back-up light wiring on the EV if there's time on Friday.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ted Kulongoski arrived to test-drive an electric car and urge the company to import through the port of Portland. Of all the frauds that have come to light, none can match the brazen theatricality of the scam allegedly pulled off by superlawyer Marc Dreier. Some Americans, though, are eager to do business with BYD.

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