Technology Review #2: Autonomous Vehicles Transportation Systems Sector CSIA 459 Over the past years innovation within the automotive industry has created safer‚ cleaner and more affordable vehicles. Many industries are getting closer to “self-driving” vehicle. The possible significant benefits to this innovation- saving lives‚ reducing crashes‚ fuel consumption‚ pollution and increase in mobility for disable and elderly people. We are going to take a closer look at autonomous vehicles
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while still others just have an "on" switch that must be pressed after the vehicle has been started. Most designs have buttons for "set"‚ "resume"‚ "accelerate"‚ and "coast" functions. Some also have a "cancel" button. Alternatively‚ depressing the brake or clutch pedal will disable the system so the driver can change the speed without resistance from the system. The system is operated with controls easily within the driver’s reach‚ usually with two or more buttons on the steering wheel spokes or on
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myself. However‚ I had been behind the wheel a few times and would control the wheel while either on my father’s or mother’s lap. I knew how to control most things‚ the gas‚ the gear shift‚ the seat controls. I also thought I knew how to control the brakes; however I might have been wrong. All of these things led me to believe that I could control the car without being supervised. I had some idea that it wasn’t right to get in the driver seat but I didn’t think the consequences would be that bad‚ even
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systems by implanting hundreds of sensors and CPUs throughout the vehicle‚ from the brakes to the central locking system (2011‚ January). This information is looked at when the car comes in for service by uploading the information to a THE BIG DATA CHALLENGES computer that goes to the data warehouse for analyzing. Doing this allows Volvo to make changes to the vehicles performance by upgrading the anti-lock brakes when a customer comes in for service. They can also make the appropriate changes during
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With such an incredible long term saving potential‚ the hybrid car is surely an economically sound choice. In addition‚ another economical factor that hybrid cars have is a technological mechanism known as "regenerative braking". When a hybrid car brakes; the motion of the wheels against the braking mechanism creates heat in the form of kinetic and thermal energy. This kinetic and thermal energy is turned into electricity. This electricity then travels back to the battery source
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thinking. This is known as thinking distance. 30 20 10 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 Reaction Time =0.5 s 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 From t = 0 s to t = 0.5 s ‚ the driver is thinking what to do. He does not apply the brakes during this period. t/s V / m s-1 40 Area = 10 m. It is the distance travelled by the car when the driver is thinking. This is known as thinking distance. 30 20 10 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 20 m s-1 3.0 3.5
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Ian Cintron How To Make Your Car Shine Detailing a car is like art. You start off with a filthy car. Put some hard work and sweat into it. You‚ the artist‚ can turn it into a masterpiece! When I was a young boy‚ I would help my Dad detail his car every weekend. When I was fifteen‚ I got my driver’s permit and started detailing cars. I made a simple flyer with colored wording and flashy pictures of exotic sports cars and posted it in my neighborhood. At sixteen with my driver’s license and a car
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“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder” -E.B. White. And what a wonder the world of Pandora is to ex-marine Jake Sully in the movie‚ Avatar. Sully‚ who is paralyzed‚ takes on the persona of a Na’vi‚ the native people of Pandora‚ through an Avatar to gain information on these people for the government in order to get an operation to correct his disability. Though Avatar is science fiction‚ the movie shows us the reasons and effects of war within our society and how the environment can
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has an older brother named Jake. Jake and Toby both love baseball and Jake won the championship last year. Their father left when they were little and never came back‚ so to stay fit financially they had to sell their house and move to an apartment. Once Jake gets stressed out he relies on drugs to help him cope. Toby has to cover for Jake when he comes home high. Jake starts to skip school and still money from his mom’s tip jar. Once Toby realizes what’s happening to Jake he relies on a baseball card
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Attitude of feeling like disturbed‚ depressed‚ drive fast in a bad mood showed a significant tendency to road accidents II. Vehicles factor - The vehicles are poorly maintained and inspected - The vehicle defects such as brake failure - Vehicles that do not have enough specifications III. The road condition - A lot of dangerous corners - The narrow road - cannot accommodate large number of vehicles - Inadequate infrastructure
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