Dec 28 Watch 7:37 The science that shaped 2016 By PBS News Hour What did 2016 mean for science? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien sits down with William Brangham to discuss some of the more remarkable discoveries, innovations and setbacks this year, including the confirmation of one of Einstein's major predictions, the global outbreak… Continue watching
Sep 20 Obama administration clears roadblocks to autonomous vehicles in new advisory By JOAN LOWY AND JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press One self-driving technology expert said the overall tenor of the White House's new guidance signaled that the federal government truly has embraced autonomous driving. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 6:08 How Uber is helping steer the future of self-driving cars By PBS News Hour Uber released its first fleet of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. For now, they are also equipped with a human technician. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Alex Davies of Wired Magazine -- a journalist who took a ride in one… Continue watching
Aug 18 Uber to launch fleet of self-driving Volvos. Will Pittsburgh residents hop in? By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako, Joshua Barajas As part of a $300 million deal with Volvo, Uber said it will produce a fleet of 100 self-driving XC90 vehicles for the test program by the end of the year. The test program will start in Pittsburgh. Continue reading
Jul 18 What NASA could teach Tesla about the limits of autopilot By John Pavlus, Scientific American Decades of research have already warned about the human attention span in automated cockpits. Continue reading
Jul 09 Deadly Tesla crash exposes confusion over automated driving By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Amid a federal investigation of a Tesla vehicle crash, ignorance of the technology’s limitations has come into focus. Continue reading
Jun 30 Driver killed in self-driving car accident for first time By Joan Lowy, Tom Krishner, Associated Press Self-driving car driver killed in Florida collision, a first. Continue reading
Jun 23 People want self-driving cars to value passenger safety over pedestrians, study says By Julia Griffin Researchers find a moral inconsistency around self-driving vehicles that could present roadblocks to greater public safety. Continue reading
May 15 Will robot cars drive traffic congestion off a cliff? By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers, is that people will use them too much. Continue reading
Apr 08 Experts caution self-driving cars not ready for roads By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Self-driving cars are more likely to hurt than help public safety because of unsolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the government Friday, countering a push by innovators to speed government approval. Continue reading