Start-ups plan to replace long haul trucks
Truckers to become an endangered species
Truckers might become an endangered species if several US start-ups get their way.
Airbus might take over Atos
Because everyone needs their own French software outfit
European aero and defence conglomerate Airbus is rumoured to be snuffling around French security software outfit Atos.
Nasa’s own space launch system is not viable
Double the launch cost
NASA has been working on the Space Launch System (SLS) since it retired the Space Shuttle in 2011.
Electric car sales soaring
130,000 cars sold globally each week
The electric vehicle (EV) market is soaring, with 130,000 cars sold globally each week, roughly equivalent to sales for the entire year in 2012.
Xilinx starts 8-megapixel automotive camera era
OMNIVISION Demonstrates Industry’s First 8-Megapixel LFM Image Sensor
If you ask Elon Mask, cameras are the most important sensor in order to get to the full self-driving. We believe that a combination of radar, camera, and lidar, if price permits, is the best way, but this is just us. In that light, Xilinx, in partnership with OMNIVISION has demonstrated the Industry’s First 8-Megapixel LFM Image sensor system for forward-looking automotive camera systems. In plain words, an 8-megapixel camera will make the car see much further, clearer, and get more detail, directly increasing the security of the vehicle and its passengers.