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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

Green Car Congress

The researchers discovered the residual effects of mental distraction while comparing new hands-free technologies in ten 2015 vehicles and three types of smartphones. The voice-command technology isn’t ready. The second new study found all three major smartphone personal assistants either highly or very highly distracting.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. A 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Office report says that the U.S.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

Green Car Congress

announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts. Study the low noise impact of electric vehicles in residential neighborhoods.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. After all, mainstream companies including IBM, TEAC , Toshiba , and, ultimately, Verbatim licensed Trek’s technology for their own memory stick devices. MB of data.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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While it was picking up steam at that point, in the years since it has morphed and been influenced by changing technology, both in vehicles and in the software that enables the service. Autonomous technology can overlay much of this as well. Some big players have jumped in and then retreated.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

Key Automotive Announcements from CES 2024 CES, the Consumer Electronic Show, has become a key event for automotive news, especially with a technology focus. CES 2024 was no different with several concept and new vehicle reveals, and technological advancements that will be part of new cars in the coming years.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

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Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. We would welcome any other manufacturers of this kind of technology to come here, and we would expect that infrastructure to work for any of the manufacturers."

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