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Ben-Gurion Univ. researchers data-mining geosocial networks to identify road safety issues and high frequency accident locations

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A paper on the work, “Data Mining Opportunities in Geosocial Networks for Improving Road Safety,” was presented at the IEEE 27 th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel. Waze records location data and enables users to upload and share comments on any detail, including traffic alerts, accidents or police presence.

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Wrightspeed named as World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer

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Other selected pioneers come from France (2), Luxembourg (2), and Canada, Israel, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Past recipients include Google (2001), Wikimedia (2007), Mozilla (2007), Kickstarter (2011) and Airbnb (2013).

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Audi going to the moon; Audi lunar e-quattro rover

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Audi is supporting the German team (the “ Part-Time Scientists ”) in the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) competition with its know-how in several fields of technology from quattro all-wheel drive and lightweight construction to electric mobility and piloted driving. Click to enlarge.

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Detroit’s Inductive EV Charging Roads: Boon or Boondoggle?

The Truth About Cars

& Electreon, is an Israel-based firm focused on wireless charging solutions for electric vehicles. The company has launched similar programs thanks to government contracts it has in Israel, Sweden, Italy, and Germany. But there are plans to open it to public use within a few years, according to both MDOT and city officials.&

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HARMAN acquiring Red Bend Software and Symphony Teleca for growth in connected vehicle space

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HARMAN International announced the acquisition of Israel-based Red Bend Software, a leading provider of software management technology for connected devices, and over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware upgrading services. —Dinesh C. Connected vehicles'

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

The funding, led by Voyager Capital and Rho Ventures, follows Tesla’s disclosure that it will seek an initial public stock offering and Better Place’s announcement of a $350 million investment as it prepares to roll out its technology in Israel and Denmark.&#. By Scott Duke Harris. sdharris@mercurynews.com.

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Elon Musk thinks we’ll have AI smarter than any one human by next year

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He also echoed recent warnings about AI being programmed to be too politically correct , citing Google’s Gemini AI as an example. “But I do have a comment for what I think is very important for achieving safe AI, which is that it’s very important to train the AI to be as truthful as possible,” Musk added.

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