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DOE announces Apps for Vehicles Challenge Winners

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The competition asked app developers and entrepreneurs to demonstrate how the open data available on most vehicles can be used to improve vehicle safety, fuel efficiency and comfort. The products developed through the Apps for Vehicles Challenge are now available for download.

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Hyundai introduces 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at Chicago Auto Show

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Although the powertrains remain the same, the new Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid feature a comprehensive exterior and interior redesign, safety, suspension and new and improved infotainment and connectivity features. Available advanced safety features include Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Keep Assist and Automatic High Beam Assist.

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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

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Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. Today the Massachusetts company is the largest telematics service provider in the world. This was before iPhones , Androids , and Google Maps.”

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Deep Learning’s Diminishing Returns

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Even his inaugural paper was forced to acknowledge the voracious appetite of neural networks for computational power, bemoaning that "as the number of connections in the network increases.the burden on a conventional digital computer soon becomes excessive.". But Rosenblatt's ambitions outpaced the capabilities of his era—and he knew it.