Collaborate Disseminate
Will bringing more digital information to our displays make driving safer, or make us even more distracted? Continue reading How Augmented Reality Will Project A New World Onto Our Windshields
They’re working on permanent fixes for a perennial problem. Continue reading Scientists Are Looking At Magnetic Particles and Fungus to Fix Potholes
Self-driving cars need testing in the rain and snow, so why is everyone in the Bay Area? Continue reading California Is a Terrible Place to Test Autonomous Cars
Buying an EV in Canada is five times harder than in the US, a new report finds. Continue reading It’s Way Too Hard to Buy an Electric Car in Canada
I think I can sum up the difference between those of us who regularly visit Hackaday and the world of non-hackers. As a case study, here is a story about how necessity is the mother of invention and the people who invent.
Hackaday has overlap with sites like Pinterest and Instructables but there is one vital difference, we choose to create something new and beautiful with the materials at hand. Often these tools and techniques are very simple. We look to make things elegant by reducing the unnecessary clutter, not adding glitter. If something could be built with a 555 …read more
In a previous article, I discussed LEDs in general and their properties. In this write-up, I want to give some examples of driving LEDs and comparing a few of the most commonly used methods. There is no “one size fits all” but I will try and generalize as much as possible. The idea is to be able to effectively control the brightness of the LED and prolong their life while doing it. An efficient driver can make all the difference if you plan to deploy them for the long-haul. Let’s take a look at the problem and then discuss the …read more
Is this the future of staying safe on the road? Continue reading The Army Is Testing Brainwave-Reading Technology for Drivers
22-year-old Garrett Wilhelm was allegedly chatting on his iPhone’s FaceTime app when he crashed a car at 65mph on Christmas Eve 2014.
Continue reading Apple sued over fatal FaceTime car crash
It stands for a new way forward in mobility. Also–the name of a workout in Arkansas. Continue reading Google’s Self-Driving Cars Have a New Name: ‘Waymo’
The company just unveiled a huge data-hauling semi-truck called Snowmobile, following plans for cargo planes and of course, delivery drones. Continue reading It’s Time to Start Thinking of Amazon as a Transportation Company
