Should your self-driving car be programmed to kill you in order to save a dozen other lives? Recently, Google has announced that the company’s self-driving cars have had just thirteen accidents since it began testing its new technology back in 2009. According to Google, most of the cars were in self-driving mode when the accidents happened, and the other driver caused the accident. Read more on the topic here.
Yobot, a unique high-tech amenity of the new Yotel Hotel, is a robot that is designed to place guests’ luggage in a locker for them before or after checking in the hotel. The 669-room Yotel is located at Times Square West in Manhattan. The Yotel brand operates three other hotels in London and Amsterdam.
The robot is placed at the entrance of the hotel behind a secure glass wall where hotel guests can watch it in action. Guests use a touchscreen to enter the number and size of their bags. Te 20-foot tall robotic arm brings a box where the guest places their luggage and enters a pin number and last name. The container is weighed and stored in one of 117 lockers. Then the robot issues a receipt with bar code for the subsequent bag retrieval. More »
The AeroMobil 3.0 prototype, piloted by its inventor, spectacularly crashed during a test flight in west Slovakia last week.
Stefan Klein, co-founder of tech company AeroMobil, flying car’s inventor and test pilot, was testing the latest experimental AeroMobil prototype in Nitra, Slovakia, when something went wrong at an altitude of approximately 900 feet. The aircraft appeared to be in trouble and went into a tailspin before it crashed into the ground.
The pilot activated the parachute system built into the car, which slowed the descent and saved Klein’s life. Onlookers said the 54-year-old inventor didn’t need any help to leave the scene. He was later taken to hospital for minor injuries. However, the aircraft wasn’t so lucky. It was badly damaged in the crash. More »
General Motors has taken the wraps off its new Chevrolet-FNR at the Shanghai GM Gala Night during the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the brand in China.
The Chevrolet’s latest innovation is an autonomous electrical concept developed and designed in Shanghai by the company’s Pan Asia Technical Automotive Centre (PATAC) joint venture. More »
BMW is developing augmented reality glasses that will allow drivers to see “through” the car thanks to exterior cameras and will make parking easier.
The Germany-based car manufacturer is planning to unveil its ‘X-ray specs’ soon. Insiders said the car giant has been developing the glasses at its research and development laboratory California’s Silicon Valley. Details of the new goggles are limited but the technology will be publicly demonstrated for the first time at the Shanghai Motor Show in April, according to some people familiar with the company’s plans.
The world’s leading automakers stole the show at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada with the latest technological advances from autonomous vehicles to cars that communicate with each other.
One of the newest upgrades and considered to become the hottest new automotive accessory is a heads-up technology displaying data on car windshields: everything from car status information to social media notifications. More »
Instead of windows, screens lining the cabin project images of the sky outside and the passengers would be able to enjoy “a wonderful panoramic view of the outside world” said Vik Kachoria, president of Spike Aerospace, US company that announced its plans to More »
What happens to your high-power shiny car when you hand the keys to the parking valet? You’d be surprised, if you could see it. Some valets confess to having done some really disturbing things like speeding on the street while driving to the lot, revving the engine, drifting, blasting the stereo and changing the radio stations, even rifling through the customer’s belongings.
You don’t have to worry about all these things with the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette. More »
Do you sometimes have to take your wallet out of your pocket, when flying, to spare the discomfort caused by the hard cushion? Or the empty seat beside you seems as one of life’s great little rewards, like finding a forgotten $20 in the pocket of an old coat? Then get ready to feel more and more frequently stuck in the seat.
In recent years, the airlines are reducing the width of their seats, increasing the number of the seats and trimming the aisles by a few inches which translate into added revenue.
Currently, the average width for a first class seat on a Boeing 777 More »
Charging your electrical car is a process taking a lot of time and effort. You have to find a charging station, connect up the cable and wait for some hours. It is inconvenient and often annoying; it takes a lot of time and cables can get lost or damaged.
Imagine an electric vehicle that charges its batteries while driving on the road. It is no longer science fiction. Scientists at Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea have already constructed a road that wirelessly charges moving vehicles. More »