All the stories tagged with automation

The new Ford Fusion will parallel park for you

09/18/2012, There are few things moreĀ embarrassingĀ than really screwing up a parallel parking job on a busy city block. Rearview cameras in some cars have made it easier, but for the most part, parallel parking technique hasn’t changed in decades. It still [...]

Automatic Trash Can With Multi-sense

10/19/2010, It’s not too hard to open the lid of a trash can to throw away your scraps, but why should we do that when it can be done so automatically? Simplehuman has come up with an automatic trash can, dubbed [...]

New program introduces lane safety

04/07/2010, Accidents can happen anytime, anywhere, which are why they are called just that. While some might be minor, an automobile accident is always something dangerous, with many permutations available for an accident to happen. Most of it boils down to [...]

Robotic Audi TTS To Speed On Its Own Without A Driver

02/10/2010, Humanoid robots are definitely cool, but what about cars that drive themselves? The team at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS) is looking to send a robotic Audi TTS racing off at high speed up the tight bends [...]