‘Anyone Rooting Against Self-driving Cars is Cheering For Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Year After Year’

Journalist Eric Newcomer, writing at The Free Press: There was a time when I believed that self-driving cars should be held to the standard of airplanes. Every mistake needed to be rigorously understood and any human death was unforgivable. But my view… Continue reading ‘Anyone Rooting Against Self-driving Cars is Cheering For Tens of Thousands of Deaths, Year After Year’

Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Keep Hitting Things: A Cyclist, a Gate, and a Pickup Truck

The Washington Post reports:

Google’s self-driving car company, Waymo, is hitting resistance in its quest to expand 24/7 robotaxi service to other parts of California, including a series of incidents that have fed public officials’ safety concerns abo… Continue reading Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Keep Hitting Things: A Cyclist, a Gate, and a Pickup Truck

$500 Drone Calculates Its GPS Coordinates Offline from Downloaded Google Maps and a Camera

From a report:

A team of drone enthusiasts have built a sub-$500 drone that uses a camera and Google Maps to provide itself with GPS co-ordinates, removing the need for a GPS satellite signal. And all of this was done in 24 hours during the El Segundo… Continue reading $500 Drone Calculates Its GPS Coordinates Offline from Downloaded Google Maps and a Camera

Boeing Removes Head of Its 737 Max Program After January’s ‘Door Bolts’ Incident

On Wednesday Boeing “removed executive Ed Clark, the head of its 737 Max passenger jet program,” reports CNN, “after a dramatic — and terrifying — midair blowout in January underscored ongoing problems with the jet.”

A preliminary report… Continue reading Boeing Removes Head of Its 737 Max Program After January’s ‘Door Bolts’ Incident