One day, cars will drive themselves. Driving will be a thing of the past, and if the tech industry is to be believed so will traffic and road accidents. All because the autonomous car’s computer brain is more connected and aware than any human driver could be. It’s a prospect that would change the way human beings get around the world.
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Self-Driving Shuttle Transports Seniors and People with Disabilities in Michigan
A self-driving, paratransit shuttle in Detroit is being deployed to transport senior citizens and people with disabilities to and from appointments and other needs at a local hospital.
Legally Blind Engineer Makes Self-Driving Car Sensors See
Nico Gentry, a 25-year-old manufacturing engineer from Orlando, Florida, is working in the autonomous car industry, where “they’re building the eyes for cars,” as he put it. He works at a LiDAR company called Luminar. LiDAR stands for Light Detection and Ranging; it’s a sensor technology that uses light to measure distance and detect objects, and it’s often called the “eyes” of self-driving cars.
Self-Driving Shuttle Launches in Beaumont
Beaumont is the first city in Canada to integrate a driverless shuttle into mixed traffic and pedestrians.
Take a 360-Degree Ride in the Waymo Van
In its new video, Waymo says it wants viewers to “see through the ‘eyes’ of their car.”
Self-Driving Cars Could Revolutionize How Disabled People Get Around Their Communities
People who can’t see well or with physical or mental difficulties that prevent them from driving safely often rely on others, local government or nonprofit agencies to help them get around.
Spotlight with Stephen Ewell: Executive Director of the CTA Foundation
In this Spotlight Interview, James Oates sits down with Stephen Ewell, the executive director of the Consumer Technology Association Foundation. The CTA Foundation, a public, national foundation affiliated with the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, was launched in 2012 with the mission to link seniors and people with disabilities with technologies to enhance their lives.
The foundation strategically supports programs that affect these communities and facilitates dialog between industry, consumers, government, advocacy groups and other key stakeholders.
Steve talks about the foundation’s role in featuring accessible products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the foundation’s role in producing the first fully accessible self-driving vehicle, and his trips to CSUN and South by Southwest.
You can follow Stephen Ewell on Twitter here, and you can follow the CTA Foundation on Twitter here.
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