Monday 29 July 2013

Self-driving cars may crank out data at 1GB per second


Credit: Google/ TechHive

Plus reduce accidents by using vehicle to vehicle communication & available to the general public in 5 years?

http://www.techhive.com/article/2045390/self-driving-cars-may-crank-out-data-at-1gb-per-second.html / self driving cars experts have predicted readily available within five years multiple myriad of sensors creating machine-to-machine machine to machine data rate of 1GB per second strategist Mark van Rijmenam big data strategist founder BigData-Startups.com sensors self-driving cars provide opportunity opportunities spot mechanical problems before they happen schedule repairs Google CEO Sergey Brin self-driving cars reality ordinary people" in less than five years California's California governor signed into law bill allowing vehicles on its roads tests Britain United Kingdom England UK General Motors GM plans an introduce semi-automated Cadillac driving system 2015 cars worldwide surpass one billion almost unimaginable how much data created Google's self-driving car common Google company working Rijmenam wrote 2020 autonomous vehicle functionality buy reasonable price point Thilo Koslowski analyst Gartner predict prediction predicts car manufacturers are working on self-driving cars Mobileye Dutch company specializes in inexpensive cameras assist self-driving cars true data creator data know where drive how fast to drive even detect new cigarette butt thrown ground knows person might appear behind a corner or car 2 petabytes of data a year Koslowski large amounts data between internal components automated car stored shared surpass surpassing surpassed today's smart cars autonomous car technology infrared sensors inexpensive video cameras laser based laser-based radar detect objects around them talk to each othe detect detecting velocity nearby vehicles react turn brake suddenly computer algorithms predictive models predict where other vehicles protecting drivers from others bad moves skill skills analyse analysis analyze autonomous cars sensors identify mechanical problems real time real-time proactively address them driver notified pending mechanical issue before problem develops develop development car would be able to schedule a maintenance appointment without driver assistance event data recorders 95 percent new cars already track behavior driver performance car future data collected help car companies quickly pinpoint areas upgrade upgrading adjust car appropriately time to market for new cars shortened /