Important Innovations

Smart International Pedestrian Traffic Lights Source:  Vienna's UT  Innovation from Vienna These may be the world's most intelligent traffic lights.  Created by a research team at TU Graz, they incorporate cameras, computers and algorithms to predict the intention of a pedestrian moving toward a road.  This is not just a smart traffic light.  It's very advanced technology to make roads safer for pedestrians and drivers.  Just invented in Vienna, Austria. For a great news blog, go to Important Innovations Collection: Vienna's Intelligent Traffic Lights : Making Streets Smarter and Safer for Pedestrians and Drivers Source:  TU Graz, Vienna Lots of Technology and Research Involved A tea...

Predictive System for Driverless Cars to Anticipate and Avoid Pedestrians University of Michigan System With Very Successful Results As driverless cars increase on the roads, it is imperative that they include defensive driving systems to avoid pedestrians.  Backed by research funding from Ford, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a predictive system for self-driving cars to predict and avoid pedestrians.  It has great results.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Driverless Cars' Pedestrian Defense : Teaching Self-Driving Cars to Predict Pedestrians' Next Moves Source:  University of Michigan Ford-Funded Predictive System Dev...

New Driverless Car Safety System to Protect Pedestrians and Build Trust Jaguar Innovation Jaguar has just unveiled this unique driverless car projection technology.  The system uses bars of light reflected on the road ahead of the vehicle to let pedestrians know exactly where the vehicle is headed.   The purpose is to build trust for the vehicles with pedestrians.  For a great news blog on this, go to Important Innovations Collection: Jaguar's Unique Projection Technology for Driverle... : Driverless Car Trajectory Displays Source:  Jaguar Bars of Light to Protect Pedestrians and Build Trust Jaguar Land Rover has just d...