A New Wireless Hack Can Unlock 100 Million Volkswagens https://www.wired.com/2016/08/oh-good-new-hack-can-unlock-100-million-volkswagens/ In 2013, when University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers were preparing to reveal a vulnerability that allowed them to start the ignition of millions of Volkswagen cars without keys but were hit with lawsuit to delay publication. Now, a →
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/top-5-scary-hacks-that-emerged-black-hat-usa-hacker-conference-1574677 Hackers can hack every gadget and spy! →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/protecting-gps-from-spoofers-is-critical-to-the-future-of-navigation?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook GPS is very widely used and vulnerable to spoofing. This article gives introduction to GPS and what could be done against spoofing attempts. →
https://www.linux.com/news/automotive-grade-linux-releases-20-spec-amid-growing-support Modern connected cars are in many ways similar to smart phones. So Linux is very suitable operating system for them. →
https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux Writeup on Tesla business plan. →
http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/what-next-for-teslas-autopilot?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrum+%28IEEE+Spectrum%29&utm_content=FaceBook Tesla Autopilot Crash Exposes Industry Divide article says: The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) classifies automation systems from Level 1, sporting basic lane-keeping or anti-lock brakes, through to Level 4, where humans need never touch the wheel (if there is one). The first death of a driver in a Tesla Model S with its →
Renewables are critical to the future of efficient, clean transportation. Sweden just opened the world’s first electric highway article tells that Sweden’s electric long-haul trucks are finally up and running. A pilot study on that first mile is currently underway in the town of Sandviken. The system, which is the first of its kind to open →
http://www.techinsider.io/sweden-opened-first-electric-highway-2016-6 Read more on technology used from from my World’s first electric highway posting. →
http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/06/teslas-autopilot-being-investigated-by-the-government-in-a-fatal-crash/ This unfortunate accident can affect the development of self-driving cars. →
enewable energy is generally defined as energy that is collected from resources which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Based on REN21‘s 2016 report, renewables contributed 19.2% to humans’ global energy consumption and 23.7% to their generation of electricity in 2014 and 2015. Efficient →