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Ford is working on a remote control car for 4G
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Former engineer Apple headed new R & D center in Silicon Valley Ford. Under his leadership, 125 employees, which the company plans to hire, will be engaged in developments in the field of software, voice control and remote control cars.
Ford opened a new R & D center in Silicon Valley, the second after 2012. At the new center of the company has high hopes because it was headed by Dragos Maciuca , a former senior engineer control systems from Apple. The company plans to hire 125 employees. The company will continue the development of the software industry and will develop partnerships with other high-tech companies.
Among the plans of Ford - introduction of remote control car. Last week, a software developer Sudipto Aich placed on the table monitors, put the game steering wheel with pedals from Logitech and operated golf carts parked in Atlanta, nearly two and a half thousand miles from the scene. This is one of twenty-five tasks that the company has set its employees.
Remote control cars are not as impressive as unmanned machines , and does not take advantage of absence of human behind the wheel. But this is another alternative that will allow one drop off his grandmother to the airport, without leaving home. This is how to manage quadrocopter, only with wheels and a very large size.
One of the most important factors - the new technology will not be expensive. Developers to use the controller from Logitech, whose price is about $ 300. All the necessary sensors are easily accessible. The system is easy to connect to a modern car, especially to an electric typewriter like golf. Do not need a physical mechanism that will turn the steering wheel and press the pedal. In this implementation is possible in the existing network 4G LTE.
There are a number of applications technology, which the company is already considering. Companies hire cars can use the system to move the vehicles parked. Services sharing cars can distribute traffic to the required area. Inviting elderly parents on holiday, you are able to bring them to their cars or hire for this company.
It's time to wait for the sequel to "Gone in 60 Seconds," in which Nicolas Cage is at home on the couch and steals 50 cars.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/245002/
Ford opened a new R & D center in Silicon Valley, the second after 2012. At the new center of the company has high hopes because it was headed by Dragos Maciuca , a former senior engineer control systems from Apple. The company plans to hire 125 employees. The company will continue the development of the software industry and will develop partnerships with other high-tech companies.
Among the plans of Ford - introduction of remote control car. Last week, a software developer Sudipto Aich placed on the table monitors, put the game steering wheel with pedals from Logitech and operated golf carts parked in Atlanta, nearly two and a half thousand miles from the scene. This is one of twenty-five tasks that the company has set its employees.
Remote control cars are not as impressive as unmanned machines , and does not take advantage of absence of human behind the wheel. But this is another alternative that will allow one drop off his grandmother to the airport, without leaving home. This is how to manage quadrocopter, only with wheels and a very large size.
One of the most important factors - the new technology will not be expensive. Developers to use the controller from Logitech, whose price is about $ 300. All the necessary sensors are easily accessible. The system is easy to connect to a modern car, especially to an electric typewriter like golf. Do not need a physical mechanism that will turn the steering wheel and press the pedal. In this implementation is possible in the existing network 4G LTE.
There are a number of applications technology, which the company is already considering. Companies hire cars can use the system to move the vehicles parked. Services sharing cars can distribute traffic to the required area. Inviting elderly parents on holiday, you are able to bring them to their cars or hire for this company.
It's time to wait for the sequel to "Gone in 60 Seconds," in which Nicolas Cage is at home on the couch and steals 50 cars.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/245002/
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