Collaborate Disseminate
Three weeks after one of Waymo’s autonomous vehicles drove itself into a telephone pole for no apparent reason whatsoever (prompting 672 cars recalled), Waymo has released a statement saying its AVs are still 200 to 350% better at avoiding crashes than… Continue reading Despite the headlines, Waymo says its driverless cars are 200% safer than you
A new modular mobile flyover bridge allows vehicles to drive right overtop of stretches of highway roadwork, instead of waiting to go around them. Known as the ASTRA Bridge, it’s intended to make life easier for motorists and safer for roadway workers…. Continue reading Modular mobile ASTRA Bridge lets highway traffic fly over roadwork
If you’re comfortable with the present green, amber, and red traffic lights, be prepared to get uncomfortable. New research suggests that adding a white light will speed up traffic and improve safety for both cars and pedestrians.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading The case for four-color traffic signals
Inching forward bumper to bumper on a highway when you’re on the way to an appointment, or worse, the airport, is enough to spike anyone’s blood pressure (BP). But researchers have found that a BP surge occurs independent of external stressors, and it … Continue reading Sitting in traffic triggers a blood pressure surge that lasts 24 hours
Want to get a chatbot to do your bidding, even when it’s programmed not to? It’s easy — all you have to do is learn to speak Zulu or Scots …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 15, 2023
Through its Maps app, Google has access to a monster trove of daily traffic data – and it’s using it to provide cities with free, AI-optimized traffic signal timing suggestions that could reduce stop/starts by 30% and intersection emissions by 10%.Cont… Continue reading Google’s Green Light project retimes traffic lights for 30% fewer stops
Self-driving cars are being heralded as the wave of the future, but there have been many hiccups along the way. The newest is activists showing how autonomous vehicles are easy …read more Continue reading Coning Cars for Fun and Non-Profit
In order to optimize traffic flow through city streets, municipalities often install car-counting cameras or other sensors at a few set locations. A new study, however, suggests that using existing bus-mounted cameras may be a better way to go.Continue… Continue reading Existing bus cameras could help optimize urban traffic flow
In order to optimize traffic flow, many autonomous vehicles communicate both with one another and with municipal traffic control systems. Scientists are now suggesting that an extra white light at controlled intersections could help incorporate human d… Continue reading Adding a white traffic light may help driverless cars boost traffic flow
Researchers in Canada have, for the first time ever, demonstrated how acute exposure to traffic pollution can immediately impair human brain function, offering unique evidence of the connection between air quality and cognition. Healthy adults were exp… Continue reading First-of-its-kind study shows how traffic pollution impairs brain function