by Michele | Nov 13, 2015 | Transportation Technology
Auto Pilot! I was driving a Tesla Model S on the freeway. On a straight away, I clicked the lever (just like we enable highbeams, only twice) and the lines turned blue and the car was driving itself on the freeway while I had NO hands on the wheel and NO feet on the...
by Michele | Aug 16, 2015 | Transportation Technology
Crawlie snakey robots! When this video crossed my desk, it creeped me out! WHY would Tesla need this Snake-Bot? Some ideas that crossed Facebook: Race Cars Boats Outer Space Then I realized, if the car has no driver, then who is there to pump the gas or plug it in? ...
by Michele | Sep 23, 2014 | Transportation Technology
Since Chitty Chitty I’ve wanted to have my very own flying car. With the advent of autonomous vehicles, maybe it’s not as wild or expensive as some of these article comments sound. Let’s quickly overview some headlines. This is a good read just for...
by Michele | Sep 10, 2014 | Transportation Technology
Overjoyed to learn about the Joyride! Google and Daimler (Mercedes) created the first autonomous cars. An autonomous car is not necessarily an all electric car or hybrid car, but our examples here are both. The Daimler car is called Bertha. I was again, OVERjoyed...
by Michele | Sep 5, 2014 | Transportation Technology
Have you ever had a car or truck electrical problem? I have. Automotive Ethernet will soon replace traditional automotive wiring harnesses. As a network engineer (here we go I’m going to date myself) I started learning about Ethernet in the 80′s and in a lot more...
by Michele | Sep 3, 2014 | Transportation Technology
Fluffy honks (beep beep) and yells, “Come on, you ready yet!” We can all easily see the benefits of pollution free transportation and getting away from using oil as fuel. With the new connected cars coming, there are many internal and external benefits...