Mercedes Benz
The four-seat luxury vehicle launched in Las Vegas at
the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show, joins the soon-to-be-produced S500
Intelligent Drive and futuristic Actros 1845 truck in Benz's stable of semi-
and fully autonomous prototypes. It combines the attributes of a traditional
luxury vehicle with the technology needed to survive what Mercedes envisions as
the over-crowded urban landscapes of the year 2030 and beyond
The continuous flow of information is managed in the
vehicle by a series of six displays, mounted in the dash, sidewalls and rear of
car. Passengers are able to communicate with the vehicle via gestures,
eye-movement or actually touching the screens.
The intelligent vehicle can also warn other road users
of potential hazards, for example, provide early information on certain traffic
situations. It has large communication displays at the front and rear of the
car with LED panels. By changing the color of its head LEDs, the car can
indicate whether it's driving or the human in his lounge chair is. If the F015
detects a pedestrian at the roadside, undulating light signals appear in the
LED grille to let the pedestrian know that the vehicle has seen them. Should
that pedestrian enter the roadway the F015 halts and scans its surroundings to
check whether it is safe to do so.
5th
Generation Intel Core
The “badass brains” that will power your next PC.
That’s what Gizmodo writer Eric Limer said about new 5th generation Intel Core
processors just after they were unveiled at the 2015 International Consumer
Electronics Show.
“Moore’s law at work!” he wrote.
The new technology will be inside many new laptops, 2
in 1 laptop-to-tablet devices, Chromebooks, all-in-one desktop PCs and mini PCs
being introduced at CES 2015. Branded Intel Core i3, i5 and i7, 5th generation
designs will also be used to make new Pentium Celeron-branded processors.
Audi A7
Audi demonstrated the prowess of its autonomous
driving technology, or “Piloted Driving” as the automaker calls it, by sending
an A7 prototype capable of steering itself along highways from San Francisco to
Las Vegas where CES is being held.
It is able to control steering, acceleration and
braking to keep safe while driving.
To do so, it makes use of long range radar sensors
that keep watch of the front and back of the vehicle, and mid-range sensors at
the left and right, so that the car has a 360 degree view of its surroundings.
It also has a built-in 3D video camera, as well as smaller ones, that keep a
watch on the environment, and the car uses navigation data for checking how the
car is oriented.
The car is able to drive on its own between 0 and 70
miles per hour. The driver is also asked to take over in urban environments to
ensure its safety.
That is done using signals built into the car,
including LEDs in the windshield and sound, that prompt drivers to take over.
If they don’t, the car will put the hazard lights on and stop the car.
SmartBelt
The Emiota smart belt is demonstrated at CES ahead of
the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, is full of the
wonderful and weird. And the wearable smart belt called Belty, which debuted at
CES Unveiled on Sunday night, definitely falls into the latter category.
The Belty wirelessly connects with the user's
smartphone so that wearer can teach it preferences based on things like sitting
or standing. The Belty will automatically loosen when you sit down, and tighten
when you stand up, for example.
Besides expanding when the user's waist expands, the
Belty can also track activity via a built-in accelerometer.
The company behind the wearable smart belt is a French
company called Emiota. Emiota hasn't yet shared a release date or pricing
information, but aims to launch sometime this year.
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