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Cadillac to offer advanced V2V and semi-automated driving technologies in certain 2017 MY vehicles

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Cadillac’s Super Cruise uses a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data. The Boss navigated 60 miles of mixed traffic, intersections and stop signs 20 minutes faster than the runner up. Click to enlarge. —Mary Barra.

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CMU demo’ing Autonomous SRX in Washington this week

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The car was brought to Washington at the request of Congressman Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania, who participated in a 33-mile drive in the autonomous vehicle between a Pittsburgh suburb and the city’s airport last September. The tracking system comprises two basic layers: the sensor and the fusion layer. 2014) Click to enlarge.

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Microsoft Predicts Weather for Individual Farms

Cars That Think

The weather forecast out of the closest town, which is 50 miles away, predicts that temperatures will stay above freezing for the next few days, and so you decide to go ahead and fertilize. You need to fertilize your newly-planted crops, but you also know that at freezing temperatures, the fertilizer will kill your crops.

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