Remove Design Remove Personal Remove Philadelphia
article thumbnail

NTSB recommends nationwide ban on personal electronic devices while driving; also calls for modifications to the equipment and the completion of a NHTSA rulemaking on collision warning systems

Green Car Congress

Following a Board meeting on a 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle. The accident resulted in 11 fatalities. Globally, there are 5.3

Personal 231
article thumbnail

X Prize, Electrathon teams to compete in Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International

Green Car Congress

Two of the vehicles are educational entries from Cornell University and West Philadelphia High School. The afternoon Electrathon races feature single-person, lightweight, aerodynamic, high-efficiency electric vehicles. The X Prize cars will be entered in one of two fuel economy rallies that will be run on the WGI’s 2.45-mile

article thumbnail

IEEE’s TryEngineering Summer Institute Provides Hands-On Experiences

Cars That Think

Working in small teams, they solved a problem and created a prototype using the engineering design process. Three locations, one common goal This year, the TryEngineering Summer Institute was held at the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia; Rice University , in Houston; and the University of San Diego.

San Diego 130
article thumbnail

Video Friday: Robot Friends

Cars That Think

ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Azores, Portugal Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today’s videos. Robotstart was there in person, so check out its coverage at the link below. But it’s way weirder on video! ???? ?RHP

article thumbnail

Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

Green Car Congress

TradeLens is a blockchain-enabled shipping solution designed to promote more efficient and secure global trade, bringing together various parties to support information sharing and transparency. This accounts for approximately 234 marine gateways worldwide that have or will be actively participating on TradeLens.

article thumbnail

Toyota CSRC launches new research tracks on autonomous & connected vehicle technologies; 11 projects with 8 institutions

Green Car Congress

Specific research challenges include: The integration of advanced active safety systems—such as automatic emergency braking—and passive systems; human experience design for advanced technology vehicles; driver state detection; and using analytics to help improve the study of naturalistic driving data.

Connect 170
article thumbnail

From Punch Cards to Python

Cars That Think

now part of Unisys , in Philadelphia. The dedication of the A-0 compiler as an IEEE Milestone was held in Philadelphia on 7 May at the University of Pennsylvania. The machine they designed was the first known large-scale electronic computer, the Universal Automatic, or UNIVAC I. That’s where the Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp.