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Volvo Is Developing Self-Parking Cars

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We've been dreaming about self-driving cars for a while — but what what about self-parking cars?

Volvo Cars - Autonomous Parking Concept

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Volvo Car Group has developed an ingenious concept for autonomous parking. The concept car finds and parks in an open space by itself, without the driver inside. The smart, driverless car also interacts safely and smoothly with other cars and pedestrians in the parking lot, just as you'd expect a Volvo to behave. Valet parking, reimagined.

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According to a Volvo press release, the company's newest concept car will find a vacant space and park there — even without a driver. Its smart car can interact safely with other cars, pedestrians and curbs.

After the driver turns on the service using a mobile app, the vehicle uses sensors to find and navigate its way to a free parking space. When the driver gets back to his car, the process is reversed.

However, the service works only with parking spaces designed to be compatible with Vehicle 2 Infrastructure technology.

Car owners won't see this technology anytime soon. As Volvo Senior Safety Advisor Thomas Broberg explained on the Volvo blog, "technologies are still being developed. However, we will take the first steps towards our leadership aim by introducing the first features with autonomous steering in the all-new Volvo XC90, which will be revealed at the end of 2014."

Would you rather a self-driving car or a self-parking car? Let us know in the comments below.

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Steve Jobs connected iCar

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 worldwide marketing at Apple Inc -- Phil Schiller said there was discussion about Apple making a car.


Why not an iRobot -- the very advanced technologies of Apple Inc can be used to built robots, but they prefer to build a car. Is there a specific reason ? Yes, Steve Jobs considered designing a connected car, the iCar. This Billion Dollar Hippy clearly wanted Apple‘s influence to 
extend to all areas of daily life.

The iCar may not look like robot, but the features will definitely be present. As Steve Jobs dreamt of building a connected car,

iCloud will be present and have instant access to all the things you need, whether you’re on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC and connecting with the outside world through Internet. Siri is the intelligent assistant that helps you get things done, just by asking will definitely be present.



How would look like a car invented and designed by Apple? Italy based auto designer Liviu Tudoran has taken inspiration from the Apple Macintosh products and designed a concept car called iMove for the year 2020.


How would look like a car invented and designed by Apple? Italy based auto designer Liviu Tudoran has taken inspiration from the Apple Macintosh products and designed a concept car called iMove for the year 2020. This car will be electric, of course, and will feature the same general design lines like all the latest Macintosh products. Most of the car body is covered with transparent materials, so that even under the roof the driver get a cabriolet feeling. This transparent material is also a solar panel. iMove will be able to seat three passengers and will feature an innovative luggage storage space. The concept will also offer various possibilities for customization, so the owners will be able to change the car’s appliance according to its own preferences.








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Audi's Digital Interactive Roadway Concept Is Futuristic Street Art

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Audi chose to explore how digital technology might radically alter and improve safety of future streets. “Urban Future” was a special exhibition at the 2011 edition of Design Miami/ created by Copenhagen-based architect firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group. The project is intended to show how streets of the future could communicate with drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. The concept was originally developed by BIG for the Audi Urban Future Award last year.
The installation at Design Miami/ features a section of interactive roadway made from strips of LED lights. The lights change color and generate graphics that can highlight pedestrians and show a clear lane for vehicles. BIG founder Bjarke Ingels sees much more potential in implementing digital roads in the future.
If I imagine a city in 25 years' time, the vertical facades appear unchanged, but the roadway has become a digitally programmable surface. Fixed elements such as carriageways, sidewalks or city squares no longer exist. The digital surfaces can be adapted to all road users and in this way control the traffic. On one single day, the street can change many times: from pedestrian area to highway, from city square to meadow.





Also part of the exhibit is Audi’s A2 electric concept car which debuted a few months ago at the Frankfurt Auto Show. The compact A2 concept includes in-car networking capabilities which could naturally interface with Urban Future roadway sharing location, traffic and navigation information.
Here’s a short video showing how people interact with the road and how the car’s path can adapt to obstacles. Walking on the surface was pretty hypnotic. Constructing entire roads using this method might be a stretch but certainly intersections where people and vehicles mingle could benefit from this technology to improve safety
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