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by MSI
Tue Aug 09, 2016 2:45 pm
Forum: Misc Topics & News!
Topic: Peer Review’s Big Problems causing Science to Suffer
Replies: 0
Views: 7059

Peer Review’s Big Problems causing Science to Suffer

New Republic Aug 2016 Science Is Suffering Because of Peer Review’s Big Problems How to reform the journal publication process. Which begins... A scientist can spend several months, in many cases even years, strenuously investigating a single research question, with the ultimate goal of making a con...
by MSI
Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:30 am
Forum: Vehicle Safety
Topic: Tesla Loses the Brains Behind Autopilot
Replies: 0
Views: 2590

Tesla Loses the Brains Behind Autopilot

From MIT Technology : The company that currently supplies Tesla with computer chips and algorithms to power its Autopilot autonomous driver aid, Mobileye, has announced that it is to stop working with the automaker . The Israeli company, which recently joined a new partnership with Intel and BMW, sa...
by MSI
Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:10 am
Forum: Vehicle Safety
Topic: MIT Technology says: Tesla’s Dubious Autopilot Safety Numbers
Replies: 0
Views: 2266

MIT Technology says: Tesla’s Dubious Autopilot Safety Numbers

From MIT Technology comes the following: Tesla’s Dubious Autopilot Safety Numbers Since news broke about the first fatal crash of a Tesla using its autonomous Autopilot system , the car manufacturer has been providing numbers to defend itself. The system, it says, has driven people over 130 million ...
by MSI
Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:45 am
Forum: Vehicle Safety
Topic: Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash Is a Reminder Autonomous Cars Will Sometimes Screw Up
Replies: 2
Views: 3608

Re: Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash Is a Reminder Autonomous Cars Will Sometimes Screw Up

Automotive News has a video on the incident which i grabbed a couple screen captures of the damaged vehicle:
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by MSI
Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:44 am
Forum: Vehicle Safety
Topic: Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash Is a Reminder Autonomous Cars Will Sometimes Screw Up
Replies: 2
Views: 3608

Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash Is a Reminder Autonomous Cars Will Sometimes Screw Up

Fatal Tesla Autopilot Crash Is a Reminder Autonomous Cars Will Sometimes Screw Up In Florida in May, a Tesla Model S sedan drove into a tractor trailer crossing the road ahead while Autopilot was in control of the car. Neither Tesla’s Autopilot feature nor the driver applied the car’s brakes. In a ...
by MSI
Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:08 pm
Forum: msmac3D Licensee Notes
Topic: msmac3D update 1.97
Replies: 0
Views: 3311

msmac3D update 1.97

We recently soft released msmac3D Version 1.97 we're still working on documentation, demos and videos. Here are some of the enhancements: Version 1.97 New! (beta) Automatic optimization/iteration! Start with a general reconstruction (in the ballpark) Specify target impact/rest and damage measurement...
by MSI
Thu Jun 30, 2016 2:59 pm
Forum: Highway Safety
Topic: Happy 60th Birthday Interstate Highway System!
Replies: 0
Views: 2514

Happy 60th Birthday Interstate Highway System!

Wired Magazine, June 2016: Happy 60th Birthday, Interstate Highway System! You Look Awful which begins: Happy birthday, America’s Interstate Highway System! We wish we could say you look good for 60 years old, but real talk: You do not. Sure, you’ve grown—when President Eisenhower authorized you in ...
by MSI
Fri Jun 24, 2016 10:00 am
Forum: Vehicle Safety
Topic: Not in My Autonomous Car, Thank You Very Much
Replies: 0
Views: 2255

Not in My Autonomous Car, Thank You Very Much

From MIT Technology Review: Not in My Autonomous Car, Thank You Very Much If your self-driving car had to kill you, the driver, or a pedestrian who stepped out in front of it, which should it choose? Philosophers are already grappling with those kinds of questions, but a new series of surveys publis...
by MSI
Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:43 am
Forum: Simplified Momentum Analysis, PC-Crash, Virtual Crash
Topic: What is BEV?
Replies: 2
Views: 27782

Re: What is BEV?

A Question on another forum used the term BEV which i suggested they review the BEV v DeltaV issue.
I uploaded the write-up on the topic from our McHenry Accident Reconstruction Book: