Tag: cars
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Comfort Noises and Electric Vehicle ‘Soundscapes’
Before noise-cancelling microphones, voice activity detection algorithms, and the crisp audio clarity of modern phone and video calling, lulls in conversation were naturally filled with analogue background noise. These imperfections provided continuity, making silence feel natural. Without them, the silence in digital communication would be unsettling. To address this, synthetic background ‘comfort noise’ is added…
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Side-by-Side Car Comparisons
Car Sized is a simple web app that lets you compare car dimensions and designs from a street perspective. Front, back and side by side. As a frequent car renter, this site’s been incredibly useful for my last few holidays. It’s also just fun to do some comparisons, like this Ford F-150 against my last…
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Why We Should Trust Driving Computers
In light of recent suggestions of technical faults and the ensuing recall of a number of models from Toyota’s line, Robert Wright looks at why we should not worry about driving modern cars. The reasons: the increased risks are negligible, the systems that fail undoubtedly save more lives than not, this is the nature of…
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Our Reluctance to Trust Driving Computers
The advanced radar systems that are slowly making their way into modern cars are already advanced enough to drive our cars for us and save thousands of lives a year, says Robert Scoble as he discusses the safety systems currently available in Ford and Toyota models. The features Scoble describes (and Ford’s Global Chief Safety…