We are all rightfully preoccupied with the pandemic that we have not started to notice that the future outlined in science fiction stories has begun to arrive in bits and pieces. There was a time when the world would turn its eyes towards Silicon Valley to find what’s next. But these days, the vision of … Continue reading Living inside patchwork Future
In the emerging self-driving automobile business, China wants to compete with Silicon Valley on an equal footing, reports John Markoff. [The New York Times] Continue reading China’s quest to win the self-driving car race
Every morning, I wake up and make a promise to myself — write, don’t just tweet. And yet, I find myself tweeting and getting dragged into conversations where the brevity of the medium leads to unfinished thoughts, poorly constructed sentences and more importantly an increased odds of being misunderstood and/or getting dragged down into a … Continue reading Why Uber & GM (& CarCos) will have a head-on collision
Reilly Brennan, a good friend and a keen observer of transportation related developments points out that modern vehicle is a sensor workhorse, so why not put it to work. The individual vehicle sensor data can go into a giant corpus of data and drivers should get paid for their work. He calls it machine earning! [Reilly Brennan] Continue reading Machine Earning
