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Wind River Introduces IoT-Enabled Automotive Platform to Advance Connected Cars

NAIAS 2016, Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for the Internet of Things (IoT), has introduced a breakthrough automotive software platform for the command center of the connected car, Wind River Helix™ Cockpit. Cockpit was designed from the ground up to meet the intersecting needs of the automotive and IoT landscapes.

13 Jan 2016

4moms Launches App-Based Self-Installing Car Seat

4moms®, a consumer technology company that applies robotics, technology, innovative design, and deep consumer insights to develop dramatically better products, announced today the launch of the new 4moms™ self-installing car seat.

7 Jan 2016

New V2X Connectivity Helps Connected Highly Automated Driving Vehicle Prevent Accidents

At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 6-9, in Las Vegas, IAV and Microsoft will be demonstrating a connected highly automated driving (CHAD) vehicle capable of connecting with the Microsoft Azure cloud and Windows 10 to enable communication that helps prevent vehicle and pedestrian accidents and increases driving comfort and convenience.

6 Jan 2016

Ford Explores New Sync Connect Technology to Link Smart Homes and Smart Cars

Ford is exploring linking smart devices like Amazon Echo and Wink to its vehicles to allow consumers to control lights, thermostats, security systems and other features of their homes from their car, and to stop, start, lock, unlock and check their vehicle’s fuel range from the comforts of their couch.

6 Jan 2016

Ford Smart Mobility Expands Fleet of Third-Generation Autonomous Vehicles

Ford is tripling its fleet of fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles – making it the largest in the automotive industry – and will use a new-generation sensor technology as the company further accelerates its autonomous vehicle development plans.

6 Jan 2016

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Captures Pictures of Namib Dune

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of a dune's steep face, where cascading sand has sculpted very different textures than the wavy ripples visible on the dune's windward slope.

6 Jan 2016

Volvo Cars and Ericsson Reveal Intelligent Streaming Capabilities for Self-Driving Cars at CES 2016

Volvo Cars is looking ahead to when its drivers can sit back and enjoy free time in their car on the daily commute.

5 Jan 2016

Safety of Drivers and Other Vehicles Must be Primary in NHTSA’s New Robot Car Policy

Consumer Watchdog today called on the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) to put the safety of drivers and other vehicles first as it revises its two-year-old policy on self-driving vehicles.

26 Nov 2015

NYU Chemist Awarded 2016 Franklin Award for Pioneering Work on Novel Robotic Walker

New York University chemist Nadrian Seeman has been awarded the 2016 Franklin Award in chemistry for his pioneering work in founding the field of DNA nanotechnology.

13 Nov 2015

Forecast Report on Robot Cars and Trucks Market 2015 to 2021

The Robot Cars and Trucks Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021 research report says this projected growth is a result of various moves toward autonomous vehicles that park themselves, provide automated steering, are used as test vehicles, are used as mapping vehicles, and that provide driver alerts but fall sort of complete robotically operated car vehicles.

18 Sep 2015