Tesla vehicles are equipped with extrernal speakers.
The main function is to output a pedestrian warning sound, which has become required for electric vehicles in many markets due to the fact that they are quiet at low speeds.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been playing around with ideas on how to release other features that take advantage of the fact that the vehicles are now equipped with external speakers.
This driverless DeLorean drifts through a kilometre long course just as good as any human would đČđ€Ż.
As we wind up our discussion about the Space Race and touch on the strategies employed by China in its bid to stay on top of space and tech, we delve into the meaty topic of next generation Artificial Intelligence including GPT-3, OpenAI, CommaAI and how they are making strides in the avenues of automation, machine learning and translation and also self driving cars. Itâs a brave new world and we discuss some of the many pitfalls of this new emerging range of systems that can come with many issues along with many benefits.
I finally got footage of the Mercedes-Benz AVTR driving!! This car can crawl like a crab sideways. How frickin cool is that! Thoughts guys??
Watching NASAâs RoboSimian robot, a.k.a. âClyde,â exit a vehicle by seamlessly becoming a creepy quadruped never gets old.
What if you could solve two of Earthâs biggest problems in one stroke? UC Riverside engineers have developed a way to recycle plastic waste, such as soda or water bottles, into a nanomaterial useful for energy storage.
Mihri and Cengiz Ozkan and their students have been working for years on creating improved energy storage materials from sustainable sources, such as glass bottles, beach sand, Silly Putty, and portabella mushrooms. Their latest success could reduce plastic pollution and hasten the transition to 100% clean energy.
âThirty percent of the global car fleet is expected to be electric by 2040, and high cost of raw battery materials is a challenge,â said Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical engineering in UCRâs Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering. âUsing waste from landfill and upcycling plastic bottles could lower the total cost of batteries while making the battery production sustainable on top of eliminating plastic pollution worldwide.â
Besides China, Germany and Japan are also researching maglev trains and have so far managed top speeds of 550km/h and 603km/h respectively. By contrast, Chinaâs current high-speed trains have a top speed of between 350 and 380km/h.
The country is planning a network of superfast trains that could slash journey times on major routes.