Google is already testing its autonomous cars on the roads of California, and plenty of other manufacturers are starting to muscle in on the act too. But when they hit the roads, how do you go about policing a city full of self-driven cars? More »
Everybody’s working on self-driving cars! Google, Ford, Volvo and now even the ultimate driving machine, BMW, is trying their hand at hands free driving. BMW’s self-autonomous system uses four types of sensors, radar, cameras, laser scanners and ultrasound distance sensors and can even change lanes to zoom past a slowpoke car. BMW. The ultimate lazy-driving machine. More »
You might not realise it when you’ve been trapped behind the same red light for five minutes, but traffic lights, when they’re timed and tuned correctly, are actually pretty good at making traffic move. Really. More »
I thought the class Homer had to take to become a monorail driver was a tongue-in-cheek look at what it takes to operate the trains of tomorrow. But glancing through this Disneyland Operator Guide from 1966, it doesn’t look that difficult. More »
If you drove to work this morning, how many people were in your car? One? Two? Seven? Chances are, you drove all the way in solo and while that will let you belt out Livin’ on a Prayer at the top of your lungs, it’s not great for the environment or traffic. A new Aussie startup called MeeMeep is hoping to turn solo drivers into couriers. More »
Typically when we’re talking about using your smartphone while driving, it’s either for maps or because it’s making your car into a death trap. iOnRoad is a pretty darn good attempt at using your phone to make you safer. More »
Move over moustaches, it looks like November belongs to the Muppets this year. They’ve got a new movie coming out, there’s an online movement to have them host the Oscars, and now TomTom has announced a series of Sesame Street voices, starting with Bert and Ernie. More »
Getting out of speeding tickets using a combination of savvy, hustle, gumption and sheer dumb luck might be on its way out thanks to Cordon, new radar system that tracks with Terminator-like accuracy tracking dozens of cars — and their licence plates — at a time. More »
