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SafetyNex for insurance companies   . SafetyNex is a Smartphone road safety App that works like a true digital co-pilot : warning the driver when approaching a dangerous area,once the excessive speed of the vehicle clearly shows that the driver did not notice the danger. SafetyNex records for insurers profiles of risk and usage.   . Insurance Companies can use SafetyNex for several purposes :   - Increase operating margin of the insurer SafetyNex can prevent 20% of road accidents according studies published... [Lire la suite]

Uber's autonomous vehicles spotted on San Francisco streets The future has been seen rolling the streets of San Francisco. SFist spotted multiple test runs of Uber’s autonomous vehicles all over the city, including near Alamo Square. The cars were labeled with Uber ATC, the rideshare company’s Pittsburgh-based division charged with developing long-term technology, like autonomy. Public tests of Uber’s autonomous vehicles have already been seen in Pittsburgh where the company has offered free rides in its... [Lire la suite]

BMW: Driving into the automotive future with ADAS A futuristic technology surprises and pleases at the same time. The innovative camera and radar-based Driver Assistance offers comfort and safety enhancing functions and is designed to reduce driving stress. The prospect of autonomous, driverless cars continue to dominate the interest in the automobile industry while a quiet transition is already altering our vehicles. The development of sophisticated driver assistance systems has transformed the driving experience altogether. We are... [Lire la suite]

Tesla Autopilot Drives Owner to Hospital During Pulmonary Embolism A Model X navigated 20 miles of highway as its driver hovered near death. Slate tells the harrowing story of Joshua Neally, a 37-year-old attorney in Springfield, Missouri who claims that his Tesla Model X’s autopilot feature saved his life. Neally was driving home in late July when he suddenly felt something like “a steel pole through my chest.” Neally was in gathering highway traffic as the pain mounted rapidly. In the moment, Neally... [Lire la suite]

QUEBEC CITY, QC – September 7, 2016 – LeddarTech, a leader in solid-state LiDAR technology, today introduced LeddarVu, the new platform for the next generation of its Leddar detection and ranging modules. Presented during the InterDrone Conference and Exposition (Sept. 7-9, 2016), the LeddarVu platform combines the benefits of a very compact, modular architecture with superior performance, robustness and cost efficiency towards high resolution LiDAR applications, such as autonomous driving. LeddarVu – The new platform for the... [Lire la suite]

Deep changes in the business of car insurance. Contribution of the smartphone App SafetyNex in this global context by NEXYAD 1 - Role of the insurer The insurance idea would have appeared on the occasion of the first great journey by boat, and the appearance of "modern" insurance is generally dated from the 19th century. The principle of insurance is easy to understand : if accidents are rare (compared to the number of occurrences - travel, car trips, etc.), a simple and prudent idea then is to "put aside" a certain amount of money... [Lire la suite]

Autonomous driving levels 0 to 5 : Understanding the differences The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defined five different levels for self-driving cars, ranging from complete driver control to complete autonomy. Here's a primer. Between the buzz over self-driving cars at CES 2016 and the Obama administration's announcement to invest almost $4 billion in autonomous vehicle research over the next 10 years, the race to create the best self-driving car has never been hotter. And, the rise of... [Lire la suite]

First driverless taxi hits the streets of Singapore The first driverless taxi began work on Thursday in a limited public trial on the streets of Singapore.     Developer nuTonomy invited a select group of people to download their app and ride for free in its "robo-taxi" in a western Singapore hi-tech business district, hoping to get feedback ahead of a planned full launch of the service in 2018. "This is really a moment in history that's going to change how cities are built, how we really look at our surroundings,"... [Lire la suite]

Modification profonde du métier de l’assurance auto. Apport de l’App smartphone SafetyNex dans ce contexte global. par NEXYAD   1 – Rôle de l’assureur L’idée d’assurance serait apparue à l’occasion des premiers grands voyages maritimes, et l’apparition « moderne » de l’assurance est généralement datée du 19ème siècle. Le principe de l’assurance est le suivant : si les accidents sont rares (comparativement au nombre d’occurrences : de voyages, de trajets automobile, etc.), une idée simple et prudente consiste alors à «... [Lire la suite]

Artificial Intelligence Creates Immense Potential for Innovation and Growth in the Car Industry LONDON, April 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digitisation will change the future of cars, challenge traditional business models and create immense potential for innovation. In future, cars will be cognitive – not only will they recognize voices and be able to optimise the journey, they will also incorporate other cognitive technologies of AI - computer vision, machine learning, rules based... [Lire la suite]