The Loop 202 freeway, also known as the South Mountain Freeway, will run east and west along Pecos Road and then turn north between 55th and 63rd avenues
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Anyone in Phoenix is aware of this massive project due for completion in 2019 at a cost of just under $1B, transportation is a big deal and cars will be with us for at least 30 years to come.
How ARM managed to dethrone the previous emperor, Intel, makes for a fascinating story that can be summarized in three idiosyncratic, illuminating steps that include one ingenious move:
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The dethroning is not over yet, but will no doubt happen as the emperor finally realizes he has no clothes.
the automobile would unleash a wave of historically unprecedented job creation centered around the internal combustion engine: mechanics, assembly line workers, gas station attendants, car washes, meter maids, and many, many more
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I’m not convinced the “Self-Driving” evolution will match the industrial revolution, but I agree jobs will be created as long as the hype and opportunity continues – one death by autonomous can kill this as shown partly by the Tesla issue.
company said in May it would cut 1,850 jobs in its smartphone business, most of them in Finland
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Sadly the leaders had to leave behind some victims, in this case due to buying a “burning platform” vs leveraging the consumer desire for Apple and Android.
customers will be able to select and order items via an app from their smartphones. Its system will allow users to track the delivery instantly
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If the system in Japan works it will prove a successful alignment of public and private infrastructure since the community will need to protect the “national strategic special zones” to let the robots manage their way through the streets.
Neither Mobileye nor Tesla would say which company initiated the move
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It seems the market says Tesla fired them, but if MobileEye walked off they dissed a customer, which is usually not a good idea. Check the legal filings to get more information on what happened.
Super Cruise will contain sensors that track drivers’ eye movements. “If we don’t get those signals and feedbacks, we don’t engage,”
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GM needs to be much more cautious on self-driving tech rollouts than companies like Tesla, due to their size and financial exposure. Regardless, driving while sleeping will always be a problem, so watching eyeballs is a good idea. A year ago this was not part of the design so GM is learning from early adopters.
Bluetooth 5 advancements also open up more possibilities for SIG companies – now at an all-time high of 30,000 member companies
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Now that is an impressive Special Interest Group (SIG) at scale of 30K members! I can only imagine their All-Member Meetings, must need a sports stadium. This shows what ubiquity means in technology.
actual performance often fails to measure up in real-world situations. Even if computers have surpassed humans at certain tasks, the technology overall has made only baby steps
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When I read “artificial” and “intelligence” in the same sentence I stand to attention. I think the human brain goes way beyond “baby steps” – if trained with anything close to the diligence of what these AI systems are being fed by massive supercomputers.
Bluetooth will gain market share at the expense of low data rate technologies, like Thread, ZigBee, and Z-Wave, and power hungry technologies like Wi-Fi
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I see Wi-Fi moving to more complex connectivity, like LTE offload, DSRC V2X enablement, and unlicensed cellular.
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