Ford unveils its answer to Google’s self-driving car February 24, 2014 As the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona gets underway Ford has unveiled what could be its answer to Google's self driving Toyota Prius, according to Sky News. Ford's new self-driving car is fitted with four infrared light sensors capable of taking 2.5m measurements every second. The sensors scan the road meticulously for possible obstacles such [...]
Milton Keynes to trial driverless cars on town pavements by 2015 October 28, 2013 A HUNDRED driverless cars will join pedestrians on the pavements of Milton Keynes in 2015 as part of a trial by a joint industry and government panel exploring the future of UK transport. The self-driving pods will operate on a separate lane on pavements at speeds of up to 12mph as part of the Automotive [...]
Hollande turns to robots and driverless cars to boost France September 12, 2013 FRANCOIS Hollande laid out a 10-year roadmap yesterday to revive French industry by promoting new technologies to drive job creation, but which offered little public money from stretched state coffers. The socialist president, whose 2014 national budget next month will focus on curbing spending, vowed to turn back what he called a lost decade of [...]
Self-driving pods and 3D printing will be the real challenge for Royal Mail September 12, 2013 TWENTY years ago, as the web came into existence, it was obvious that Royal Mail would be carrying fewer personal and business letters by now, that there would be a vast rise in junk mail and another huge increase in parcel deliveries thanks to online buying. All of those expectations have come true. After a [...]