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What happens to automotive lighting with the rise of autonomous vehicles?

Automotive lighting has been a major component of automotive safety for a long time. Statistics suggest that a majority of accidents are caused in the night which makes good lighting an important feature. While the halogen front lamps have remained the mainstay of lighting for long, the emergence of LEDs has helped transform the automotive …

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Intel Mobileye and NVIDIA spar on standard safety standards for autonomous vehicles

Intel Mobileye and NVIDIA are two of the largest autonomous vehicle technology platform providers with both complete hardware and software solutions. Both have significant automotive partners and technology adoption of their own platforms. But, the two companies especially their CEOs have publicly sparred or ridiculed each other at various occasions in trying to emphasize the …

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Carrefour Goes the Blockchain Way

Throughout the past decade, we have seen the Blockchain wave. Many real-life applications and use cases have been proposed in this past decade. But come 2019, everyone’s talking about Blockchain Winter. That blockchain is just hype. And that nowhere it is being implemented. Well, that’s not correct entirely. Agriculture and food industry are proving to …

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Are H2 fuel cell vehicles still relevant with the rising popularity of electric battery vehicles?

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat in media coverage as battery electric vehicles have become more prominent. This is due to the considerable rise of Tesla and then a flurry of activity in the battery electric vehicle space from all the major automobile manufacturers. But, what does this mean for hydrogen fuel …

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Autoware – open source self-driving coming of age?

Autonomous cars have been one of the most interesting technical challenges in the last few years. The problem seems to have attracted the smartest brains across technical universities and industries alike. In fact, there was even a time when self-driving car engineers’ salaries had become a discussion point as they had shot up so much …

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Real-time intent prediction of pedestrians for Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicle testing in a civic atmosphere has become regular scenery across California, Detroit, Arizona, London, Beijing and diverse parts of the world. The tests indicate that autonomous technology is getting promoted from a long distance thought to near future action. In the near future, Autonomous vehicle will share the road with: Manual automobiles (Bus/Cars/ …

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The Agricultural Revolution begins with the help of AI and Robotics

Almost all the process of agriculture has been automated to some extent. Harvesting has also been done mechanically for decades in crops such as potatoes and wheat. But, for crops like iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, strawberry, and other delicate fruits and vegetables, it is still challenging. Currently, available types of robots can’t be employed in the …

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