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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy. Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.

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Ford takes OpenXC research platform global, engaging local developers for market-specific connected vehicle apps in India

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The reference host device is a standard Android device that supports the Android Platform version 3.1 At NASSCOM, Ford is demonstrating an app created by HCL that would allow a driver to provide selected personal contacts with an automatic location update during that driver’s travels.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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A new study by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) found that Volvo XC60 midsize SUVs outfitted with a standard collision-avoidance feature called City Safety are far less likely to be involved in low-speed crashes than comparable vehicles without the system. In the US, DSRC refers generically to communications on a dedicated 5.9

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. He works for Systemica, who has been contracted to design the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system for the citadel of Masdar. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge.

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AI and Robots Are a Minefield of Cognitive Biases

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I believe many were impressed to see the Mini Cheetah , developed in my MIT Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory, perform a backflip. This gap occurs because we tend to think of a task’s difficulty based on human standards. . Very likely, such judgement about this person would not be wrong. the television quiz show. It is obvious.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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Cerf recounted to IEEE Spectrum three of the mistakes he made while developing the Internet Protocol Suite (more commonly referred to as TCP/IP). Their technique is a quantum-resilient implementation of the FIDO2 standard for security keys. Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice? He didn’t get everything right, however.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Networks that link personal computers in offices. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.” Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Laser printers.

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