Important Innovations

Artificial Intelligence on the World's Roads By 2040, 2 billion cars will be on the world's roads.  That's almost double the number of cars in 2015.  The world is riddled with traffic jams.  And with road traffic growing that's only going to get worse. Source:  India Traffic Jam   AI Traffic Mobility Systems Mobility systems with artificial intelligence are being developed to remedy the traffic jams.  Siemens Mobility has recently deployed an AI system for the traffic jammed streets of Bengaluru, India.  For story details on this emerging, innovative use of artificial intelligence, go  to my colleague Ed Kane's blog for a fascinating read   https://importantinnovationscollection.blogspot.com/2018/12/ai-to-keep-traffic-moving.html

New Driverless Car Tech Source:  Mercedes Self-Driving Car Concept Big Energy Efficiencies and Travel Time Savings Engineers at the University of Delaware, in collaboration with Boston University, have developed a new technology system for driverless cars that could make traffic lights and speeding tickets obsolete. The researchers used control theory to develop algorithms to control and minimize energy consumption in autonomous cars crossing city intersections with no traffic lights.  That's just the start. Energy Efficient Mobility Systems They used the software to simulate results.  The system enables the cars to conserve fuel and momentum while cutting travel time to their destinations.  The engineers are developing solutions that could enable the future of energy efficient mobility systems. Results and Potential The results have been published in the journal Automatica.  The team has created innovative tech to yield optimal acceleration and deceleration in spee