Autonomous Vehicle Engineering: May 2019
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AVs, data and 'surveillance capitalism' - SAE AV Activities
SAE launches Office of Automation - The Navigator
Lessons from the 737 Max-8 debacle - Scorecard
Waymo, GM and Ford pegged as autonomous leaders - Designs to Dye for: Autonomy's New-Materials Revolution
From pineapples to bacteria, Envisage's research is focused on new-mobility's 'inside' story. - Dining on Data
Processing, in real-time, the enormous data stream that's flowing through AVs is increasingly the job of NVIDIA's mighty GPUs. Danny Shapiro relishes the feast. - New Performance Metrics for Lidar
Frame-rate measurement is so yesterday. Object-revisit rate and instantaneous resolution are more relevant metrics, and indicative of what a lidar system can and should do, argues a revolutionary in the artificial-perception space. - 5G Cellular May Be Transformational for Automakers, Suppliers
Long-awaited 5G cellular technology will be a foundational base for expanding vehicle connectivity and autonomy, enabling far more data capacity and lower latency. - First Smile, Last Smile
May Mobility is building a unique business model around AV shuttle services, explains COO and co-founder Alisyn Malek. - 'Road Race' for AV Testing May Be Slowing
To optimize safety, as well as cost- and time-efficiency, experts espouse increased virtual testing of autonomous vehicles as preferable to the industry's rush to test on public roads. - The famous "Trolley Problem" might not really be the problem automat-ed-vehicle ethics have to solve.
- AV 'Goiters' Be Gone!
Magneti Marelli's 'Smart Corner' technology aims to reduce cost, complexity and mass by integrating key vehicle sensors seamlessly into a vehicle's lighting modules. - Supersonic Spy Drone
To light off its ramjet engine, the 2,300-mph D-21 needed a blindingly-fast launch platform. Enter Lockheed's A-12-the precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird.
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