Green Light Milan-based design studio Mandalaki recently unveiled the Birò O2, a concept car that puts a sustainable twist on Italian carmaker Estrima’s Birò, a tiny two-seater electric vehicle currently available for sale in Europe. According to Mandalaki, 80 percent of the Birò O2’s parts are made from recycled plastics, a higher percentage than any other… Continue reading This Tiny Electric Car Is Made From 80 Percent Recycled Plastics
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Bird Announces Monthly Scooter Subscription Service
Personal Scooting The electric scooter company Bird just unveiled a new subscription service: instead of hunting for an available unit and paying to activate it, customers can pay a monthly fee to get access to their own scooter for a full month. The new subscription service, currently available only in San Francisco and Barcelona, may… Continue reading Bird Announces Monthly Scooter Subscription Service
Autonomous Scooter Uses AI to Learn Your Favorite Routes
A Smarter Last Mile UK-based design agency Layer has teamed up with Chinese electric car maker Nio to create a smart scooter that can learn where you want to go. Once “Pal” learns your preferred routes, the smart scooter can autonomously take you to your destination. On its website, Layer calls the scooter a “near-future prototype” that “embraces… Continue reading Autonomous Scooter Uses AI to Learn Your Favorite Routes
A Hacker Says He Can Kill Your Car’s Engine While You’re Driving
Car Hacks A hacker recently demonstrated that he could access two popular vehicle-monitoring apps that let him monitor where the cars were located, access drivers’ private information, and even kill the engines remotely. The hack targeted two apps, iTrack and ProTrack, that companies can use to monitor their fleets of vehicles, according to Motherboard. The attack, which… Continue reading A Hacker Says He Can Kill Your Car’s Engine While You’re Driving
Hackers Are Reprogramming Lime Scooters to Make Sexual Comments
R-Rated App The electric scooter company Lime’s ongoing trial period in Brisbane, Australia isn’t going so great, according to Gizmodo — at least eight scooters have been pulled from the streets because hackers replaced the usual audio messages with sexually explicit comments. All things considered, hacking scooters to make sexual comments is a fairly benign prank.… Continue reading Hackers Are Reprogramming Lime Scooters to Make Sexual Comments
A Self-Driving Car’s Human Operator Says He Takes Over When Passengers Get Impatient
Out Run Right now, almost all self-driving cars are supervised by a human safety driver sitting behind the wheel. Futurism previously reported that drivers working for Waymo One, the autonomous ride-hailing service, are told to stay quiet. But now, Joe VanOflen, the operations lead at self-driving car startup Drive.ai, told Popular Science how he approaches working… Continue reading A Self-Driving Car’s Human Operator Says He Takes Over When Passengers Get Impatient
This Startup Pays Humans to Remotely Operate “Driverless” Cars
Take the Wheel Even today’s most advanced autonomous vehicles (AVs) can’t navigate roads with the same ease as human drivers. Sure, they might do fine on a long stretch of highway, but the vehicles often falter in the face of inclement weather, unpredictable pedestrians, or even birds and shadows. Now, Oregon-based startup Designated Driver has created a system, according… Continue reading This Startup Pays Humans to Remotely Operate “Driverless” Cars
Meet Lunewave: URBAN-X Alumni Leading the Advancement of Autonomous Vehicles
Taxis hardly resemble the steel cages on wheels we had in the 20th century. When hailing a cab, customers now choose between bedroom suite taxis, mobile office taxis, gym taxis, and dining taxis to name a few. A new world of consumer choice for transportation is just one of the many benefits of our fully… Continue reading Meet Lunewave: URBAN-X Alumni Leading the Advancement of Autonomous Vehicles
Trump Fears Self-Driving Cars: “You Can’t Stop the F*cking Thing”
Corroborating Stories Donald Trump has aligned himself with the 71 percent of Americans wary of self-driving cars, reportedly telling a number of people he doesn’t trust autonomous vehicle tech, according to Axios. Axios spoke to four anonymous sources who all heard Trump say he doesn’t believe self-driving technology will ever be perfected. When a fellow golf club member… Continue reading Trump Fears Self-Driving Cars: “You Can’t Stop the F*cking Thing”
Nissan Wants to Beam 3D Anime Versions of People Into Its Cars
Invisible-to-Visible Japanese automaker Nissan announced today it wants to beam “three-dimensional, augmented-reality avatars” into the cabin of its cars — and it’s already racing ahead with some preliminary tests. In other words, you’ll be able to interact with 3D, anime-style holograms of people inside your Nissan. “The companies will evaluate how the people inside the car and those… Continue reading Nissan Wants to Beam 3D Anime Versions of People Into Its Cars