article thumbnail

“Software-Defined Car” project seeks to develop standardized rules and processes; SofDCar

Green Car Congress

The “Software-Defined Car” (SofDCar) project now aims to develop standardized rules and processes to ensure that electronic components of the vehicle interact smoothly, remain updatable and, hence, safe. This high complexity of electrical and electronic systems and their architecture will further increase, but must remain manageable.

Standards 359
article thumbnail

Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

I didn’t know that word, honestly,” (presumably referring to the word “mayday.”) “And I just heard it freaking coming on that he lost his rudder, that he needed pumps.” Stillwell asked if they had heard the call. “I I was putting my gloves and everything on the rack,” Libby told him. “I I heard it. Both men denied making the call.

article thumbnail

Standards Take Online Gaming to the Next Level

Cars That Think

In-person tournaments are expected to be held again once COVID-19 restrictions ease. They include the lack of technical standards to address bandwidth, connectivity, interoperability, and latency issues. The new IEEE Computer Society Online Gaming Standards Committee plans to address the challenges.

article thumbnail

The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer

Cars That Think

One such technology is the Datapoint 2200, a programmable terminal that laid the foundation for the personal computer revolution. From mainframes to microcomputers Before the personal computer, there were mainframe computers. The machines occupied entire rooms, dwarfing the personal computers we are familiar with today.

article thumbnail

Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

Green Car Congress

Although the Eaton charger at ERL is equipped with the new SAE J1772 Combined Charging System (CCS) for AC or DC charging ( earlier post ), and Volkswagen supports the new standard, both Eaton and VW said that they will support CHAdeMO if that standard prevails, particularly in the Japanese market. public DC charging of up to 86 kW.

Standards 319
article thumbnail

Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

So we decided to take a step back from the standard image compression tools, and see if there is a path to better compression that, to date, hasn't been widely traveled. Since then, other engineers have used experiments with humans to set standards for gauging the performance of artificial intelligence algorithms.

article thumbnail

Luminar and Volvo Cars release of comprehensive lidar dataset; 250m range

Green Car Congress

All images have gone through an anonymization process blurring faces and license plates to eliminate personally identifiable information. Luminar also has the unique capability of dynamically adjusting its scan pattern for optimized resolution up to 5x standard uniform distribution.

Volvo 259