UK start-up Skyports is ramping up activity in the US as it seeks to establish an international network of helipads for flying taxis and drone deliveries. Skyports has so far …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">UK drone-port company expands focus to US East Coast after London property splurge >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Toyota invests $500m in Uber for fleet of autonomous taxi cabs, starting 2021 >
Toyota is to invest $500 million in Uber, as the pair seek to bring autonomous ride-sharing to the mass-market. The deal values Uber at $72 billion, despite the company making …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kroger selects Scottsdale for self-driving grocery delivery pilot >
The trial will be initially carried out by Nuro’s fleet of self-driving vehicles U.S. supermarket retailer Kroger Co. and Nuro confirmed Scottsdale, Ari., as the city for their self-driving grocery …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Self-driving vans to serve Dallas Cowboys and Texas Rangers >
The city of Arlington, in Texas, has approved a one-year trial of autonomous vehicles in its ‘entertainment’ district, serving the home stadiums of both the Dallas Cowboys and the Texas …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nine US states have already approved full truck platooning >
Another seven states have also greenlighted automated vehicle platooning with certain restrictions A total of 9 U.S. jurisdictions have already authorized automated vehicle platooning, according to a study by …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Introducing DSRC: Vehicles are more high tech (and potentially dangerous) than you think >by Larry Altonby Larry Alton
For many years, vehicles have been running on software, relying on wireless networks to function, but those networks have been local and closed. With a car operating on a local …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Port of Antwerp unveils prototype of autonomous sounding boat >
The autonomous boat measures water depth at the port to guarantee normal operations The port of Antwerp, in Belgium, is working on a fully autonomous sounding boat to measure …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Intel reveals $1bn AI sales; eyes $200bn data market as “biggest ever opportunity” >
Intel made more than $1 billion in revenue from artificial intelligence (AI) processor chips sold to data centres in 2017. It also said its target market for connectivity, storage and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">MIPI goes long for automotive >by Kelly Hillby Kelly Hill
MIPI interface seeks to extend its reach to better serve automotive use cases As intelligent driver assistance systems increasingly rely on multiple camera and visual information inputs, MIPI Alliance’s popular …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia offers CityIQ platform from GE to cities in Canada; DimOnOff and Microsoft team up >
Nokia is to offer GE’s CityIQ platform technology to municipalities in Canada to repurpose outdoor street lighting into digital infrastructure, and help with common challenges like parking and traffic management, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cisco promises $100m for UK tech sector; partners with UCL for AI talent factory >
Cisco is to invest $100 million in the UK to help the UK government with its ‘industrial strategy’ to become a leading economy for emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">France puts industrial transformation at the heart of ambitious 5G roadmap >
The industrial internet-of-things (IoT) is at the heart of France’s new 5G roadmap, unveiled late yesterday by the French electronic communications and postal regulatory authority (Arcep). The new plan, presented …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Daimler, Bosch to intro driverless ride-hailing in California in 2019, select Nvidia for AI >
Bosch and Daimler will test a fleet of autonomous vehicles in California, with a view to launching a driverless shuttle service on certain routes in the second half of 2019. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Siemens urges cities to start planning for the arrival of connected vehicles >
Siemens said the lack of planning in this field could create negative social and economic effects Cities will need to anticipate and tackle upcoming changes to their infrastructures early …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">5GAA, BMW, Ford, PSA Group and Qualcomm carry out key C-V2X demo >
The demo of C-V2X direct communication technology utilized vehicles from multiple auto manufacturers The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), together with the BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, Groupe PSA and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Capital Metro plans to test autonomous buses in Austin >
The autonomous bus trial, which will be split into two different phases, will be launched this month Transit agency Capital Metro announced plans to explore automated vehicle (AV) technology in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Car maker Hyundai takes stake in Israeli V2X chipset maker Autotalks >
Car maker Hyundai has bought a stake in Israeli vehicle-to-everything (V2X) chipset provider Autotalks. The pair will work together to accelerate deployment of “next generation chipsets” for connected cars, the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Jaguar Land Rover tests connected cars on UK roads >
Jaguar Land Rover recently opened a new software, IT and engineering center in Manchester to support its connected technologies strategy Jaguar Land Rover announced that it is currently testing …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint, NXM Labs connected car platform sports blockchain security >by Susan Ramboby Susan Rambo
Sprint will add NXM’s blockchain security technology into its connected car module due out in fall. Cars, like any device with chips embedded and connected to the outside word, can …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Boston greenlights nuTonomy to carry out city-wide autonomous cars trials >
nuTonomy has been testing autonomous vehicles in certain districts of Boston since 2017 The city of Boston announced that nuTonomy, a firm which specializes in the development of autonomous vehicle …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Rohde & Schwarz first to release “comprehensive” C-V2X test suite for auto-makers >
Munich-based test equipment supplier Rohde & Schwarz has updated its CMW500 radio tester and SMBV100A GNSS simulator to support cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) device certification. It is the first test equipment …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Daimler opens automated truck R&D center in the US >
Daimler said it is currently working with customers to trial truck platooning in the country Daimler Trucks has announced the inauguration of its automated truck research and development center in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Car maker Volvo takes stake in California autonomous driving start-up >
Swedish car-maker Volvo has taken a stake in US start-up Luminar, based in California and Florida, to develop sensor technology for autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars, a subsidiary of Chinese automotive …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Hitachi to make Stena Line smartest ‘cognitive shipping’ company by 2021 >
European ferry operator Stena Line is working with Hitachi to review its digital operations and smarten-up its fleet with artificial intelligence (AI). The pair will combine to review Stena Line’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">76,000 UK drones to create £42bn GDP, 628,000 jobs by 2030, says report >
Drones could increase UK GDP by £42 billion, or two per cent, by 2030, according to a new report by financial services firm PwC, with the largest productivity gains in …