Cars

Interesting

New York’s Most Hated Highway is Falling Apart

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is crumbling and has been for a while. As a kid, whenever I would jump around in my chair or bounce around in the car, my dad would say it looked like I was driving down the BQE. So, the BQE has never been great in my lifetime and always made me […]

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AI

AI Designed this Car

For well over a century, cars, trucks, and SUV’s have been manufactured and built in the same fashion. Today, though, there’s a company that’s doing things a bit differently. The Czinger 21C is one of the most impressive vehicles ever built. Even more impressive than the car, though, is how the car gets designed and […]

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Security

How To Stay Safe Online

With more and more services going online, internet safety needs to be at the forefront of a lot more conversations. BBC Click  examines the role of security, online education and more. How can we keep teenagers safe online? We look at a new AI system that monitors video content on the fly and blurs anything […]

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Autonomous Vehicles

A First Look at Cruise’s First Fully Driverless Car

Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, revealed its first vehicle to operate without a human driver, the Cruise Origin. The vehicle, which lacks a steering wheel and pedals, is designed to be more spacious and passenger-friendly than typical self-driving cars. Cruise says the electric vehicle will be deployed as part of a ride-hailing service, […]

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Autonomous Vehicles Computer Vision Startups

Tesla Acquires Computer Vision Startup DeepScale

HyperChange TV  has a video about CNBC reporting that Tesla has acquired the AI computer vision startup, DeepScale. The Mountain View company was founded in 2015 by Berkley researcher Forrest Iandola, and has raised $18.5M to date. Likely, the company was acquired to help Tesla accelerate its autonomy ambitions.

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Android Apple Gadgets Interesting

Why Google, Amazon, And Apple Are In Your Car

My favorite feature of my new car is Android Auto. It’s a clever way to leverage any smartphone to provide an advanced interface to music, navigation, and more. Here’s an interesting video from CNBC on how Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are partnering with automotive companies to bring phones and artificial intelligence into vehicles.

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