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Some updates on the Stanford University project which Volkswagen is involved with.  You remember that project, right?  I wrote about it here.  Anyway, they’ve had some progress on the project and it seems the car can now do slide parking like a badass.  We’ve seen KITT done it.  Now we’re seeing KITT’s coming.  I won’t be surprised if someday somebody will bring all this separately developed technologies and put them all into one car.  I’m hoping it will be a BMW.  :D

Sources:  Stanford Robot Car Capable of Slide Parking, Stanford’s Robot Car Slides into Parking Spot Like a Badass (video)

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Science is progressing pretty quickly these days.  The more knowledge we have available, the faster the progression.  Scientists have developed chips that can meld with our brains.  This is a much more advanced technology than what I’ve covered previously.

“These implants have the potential to maximize the contact between electrodes and brain tissue, while minimizing damage to the brain. They could provide a platform for a range of devices with applications in epilepsy, spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders,” said Walter Koroshetz, M.D., deputy director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health.

The study, published in Nature Materials, shows that the ultrathin flexible implants, made partly from silk, can record brain activity more faithfully than thicker implants embedded with similar electronics.

Maybe when the technology is ripe and affordable, and I have the money to pay for it, and the need to live longer… I might get an upgrade.  For now, I’ll have to make sure I stay as young as I can for as long as I can.

Source:  Science Daily

My previous posts about brain implants:  Chipped Brains, Chipped Brain 2

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I talked about the self-driving car that Audi was making before.  It seems that Audi’s parent company, Volkswagen, also has their own similar project.  This one involves the car parking itself.  Wonderful.

Volkswagen has teamed up with Stanford University for this project and will definitely be worth tracking.  In fact, if these separate projects for automating cars and driving become reality, I don’t see a need to teach my kids how to drive anymore.  The skill will be obsolete.  Then again… maybe not.  What do you think?

source:  Autoblog

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