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1. 2020 Corvette goes mid-engine and high-tech
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... better overall performance.  This has long been the case in exotic supercars like Ferrari and McLaren for the well-healed that can afford $100K … 2020 Corvette goes mid-engine and high-tech Read ...

2. A sheriff's office in Colorado will use Galaxy S9s as body cameras
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Deputies in the Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office in Burlington, Colorado, will soon wear Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphones on their vests. The phones will serve as body cameras and will run on AT&T's ...

3. Domino’s will let you track your pizza delivery with GPS
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... self-driving vehicles and allowed orders through cars and Alex... Read all  ...

4. People in Japan are renting cars, but not to drive them anywhere
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Orix Auto charges $4 to rent a car for 30 min. The car-sharing company has more than 12,000 parking places, so cars are readily available. Orix learned that a large number of its 230,000 users rent cars ...

5. Intel's ultra-efficient AI chips can power prosthetics and self-driving cars
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Even though the whole 5G thing didn't work out, Intel is is still working on hard on its Loihi "neuromorphic" deep-learning chips, modeled after the human brain. It unveiled a new system, ...

6. Luminar's cheap LiDAR could be a big boost for autonomous vehicles
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LiDAR (laser pulse-based radar) is an essential component of autonomous driving, as it's what vehicles use to detect obstacles like other cars or pedestrians in order to navigate around them. But ...

7. Interoperability: Fix the internet, not the tech companies
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... car-lighter receptacle at most gas stations for $0.50-$1.00. Some cars now come with standard USB ports (though for complicated reasons, these tend not to be very good chargers), but your auto manufacturer ...

8. Electric Mini available next year
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... a 181 hp motor. From Ars Technica: Throughout Mini's 60-year history, the brand has always been about small front-wheel-drive cars, and that continues here. In this case, the front wheels are going to ...

9. Lyft expands wheelchair accessible rides in LA and SF
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Lyft is testing a special line of cars just for riders who use wheelchairs. The ridesharing company announced today that it was piloting a new WAV (wheelchair accessible vehicle) service in Los Angeles ...

10. Autonomous vehicles fooled by drones that project too-quick-for-humans road-signs
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... drivers but do not directly operate cars) by following them with drones that projected images of fake roadsigns for a 100ms instant -- too short for human perception, but long enough for the autopilot's ...

11. VW will reportedly share its electric car platform with Ford
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VW and Ford appear close to formalizing their partnership on EVs and self-driving cars. Reuters sources claim the two have forged an "outline agreement" that will see them ally on more than ...

12. Self-driving car jargon
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Bruce Sterling republishes the acronyms in a recent Daimler white-paper on self-driving cars: Advanced Driver Assistance System Automated Driving System Automotive Safety Integrity Level Automotive ...

13. Charge's Mustang hides an EV inside classic American muscle
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Charge's electrified Mustang is controversial. The original, after all, is an automotive icon that many associate with 'American muscle,' a sub-genre of cars that growl loudly and consume ...

14. Mercedes and BMW cars will drive themselves on the autobahn by 2024
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BMW and Mercedes started working together on autonomous cars earlier this year, and now they have optimistic plans to deliver them. The automakers announced that they're developing Level 4 self-driving ...

15. Kia made a tiny Faraday cage to protect your wireless key from thieves
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Many existing keyless entry systems aren't secure, but few people are likely to replace their cars just to reduce the chances of a determined thief making off with their ride. Kia UK has an official ...

16. Vodafone, multa dall’AGCOM per scarsa trasparenza
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AGCOM ha erogato una nuova sanzione da 580 mila euro a Vodafone per scarsa trasparenza per le rimodulazioni di fine 2018. The post Vodafone, multa dall’AGCOM per scarsa trasparenza appeared first ...

17. Tesla delivered a record 95,000 cars this spring
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... made 87,048 electric cars and delivered 95,200 of them duri... Read all  ...

18. Gentleman in U-Truck creates havoc in underground parking garage
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... days ago. And to the top we go! from r/IdiotsInCars [via r/IdiotsInCars] Read the rest Read all  ...

19. Intel and the auto industry pen first safety rules for self-driving cars
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Intel and a team of automotive companies have teamed up to create new guidelines for autonomous vehicles. The intention of the "Safety First Automated Driving" paper, published today, is to establish ...

20. Apple once envisioned retractable bumpers for its self-driving cars
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Apple once dreamed of self-driving cars with retractable bumpers. In 2015, the company filed a patent for "extendable bumpers" with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent was published ...

21. New electric cars in Europe have to make artificial noises
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Don't be surprised if you hear more of a racket from electric cars in Europe. As of July 1st, new four-wheeled EV models in the European Union require a noise-emitting device (Acoustic Vehicle Alert ...

22. The Pentagon has a laser that identifies people by their heartbeat
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Biometric identification has become part of everyday life. We've got facial recognition in airports, cars that can be unlocked just by looking at them, technology that detects a person's unique ...

23. Tesla is quietly developing its own EV battery cells
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Tesla has powered its electric cars using Panasonic's battery cells for years, but it may ready for a greater degree of independence going forward. Employees talking to CNBC claim that Tesla is developing ...

24. Prosecutors and federal judges collaborate with corporations to seal evidence of public safety risks, sentencing hundreds of thousands of Americans to death
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... in the past 20 years had their evidence sealed, in cases involving "drugs, cars, medical devices and other products." This is just the tip of the iceberg, only tracking federal cases -- the problem is ...

25. Jackass drives Lamborghini into a tree
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Research has shown that two kinds of videos are sure to cheer you up. The first kind is baby animals. The second kind is jackasses ruining their $330,000 cars. This video is of the second kind. Image: ...