Enable Autonomous Land, Sea, Air and Space Vehicles

Enable Autonomous Land, Sea, Air and Space Vehicles

by | Jun 13, 2016

Embedded Vision Summit, May, 2016 – The original title of Larry Matthies, Senior Scientist from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, was “Using Vision to Enable Autonomous Land, Sea and Air Vehicles". Matthies added “the space” to emphasize the surroundings of these vehicles. “How I could forget about space”, he noted. When we think about autonomous vehicles, what comes to our minds are the vehicles on the roads but the scientists are continuing to develop the driverless vehicles for sea, air and space. Matthies mentioned that the primary...

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Computer Vision in Cars

Computer Vision in Cars

by | Jun 13, 2016

Embedded Vision Summit, May, 2016 - Marco Jacobs from Videantis talked about the status, challenges and trends in computer vision for cars. Videantis, which has over 10 years in business, is the number 1 supplier of vision processors. In 2008 company moved into the automotive space. What is a future of transportation? Definitely we will be travelling less than today. Typically less than 100 miles in a day. The only autonomous people mover today is an elevator. So, when can we expect autonomous cars on our roads? At CES 2016 the CEO...

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Dr. Martin Cooper at IMS

Dr. Martin Cooper at IMS

by | Jun 12, 2016

IMS, May 2016 –At the International Microwave Symposium this year a legendary inventor, a father of the cellphone, Dr. Martin Cooper, was speaking at the plenary session on Monday, May 23.  In 1973 Dr. Cooper worked for Motorola when he presented the first handheld cellular phone to the world.  In a short 10 years later, the “DynaTAC 8000x” the model was released to the market. Today it is hard to believe that first cellphone weighed almost 2 pounds and looked and felt like a brick. The first model that retailed for $3,995 and with...

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Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in two weeks

Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in two weeks

by | May 30, 2016

Just two more weeks until the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world’s premiere trade show for computer and video games, that is being held at the LA Convention Center. More than 20,000 attendees are expected, many new products and announcements but also for the first time the fans and enthusiasts of the electronic entertainment can be a part of that exciting event. E3 Live will be situated at Downtown Los Angeles’ sports and entertainment district of the city and will be open to the ticketed public. E3 and E3 Live will be...

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