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Virtual reality the new thing for automakers looking for a technological edge?
March 11, 2015

Virtual reality the new thing for automakers looking for a technological edge?

Virtual reality isn’t just for gaming or military training anymore. Whether it’s showing off their cars, improving design, going inside the manufacturing process or getting involved in social issues, automakers have taken their first tentative steps toward using the technology….

Study puts safety of self-driving vehicles to the test against human drivers
February 16, 2015

Study puts safety of self-driving vehicles to the test against human drivers

Imagine streets and highways full of self-driving, a.k.a., autonomous, vehicles loaded with the latest information, navigation and crash-avoidance technology. Should make that next drive to the grocery store as safe as you possibly could imagine, right? Well, not necessarily, according…

Holiday movies at a theater near you
November 24, 2014

Holiday movies at a theater near you

Going to the movies is almost as much a part of the holiday season as road trips, family visits, turkey, presents and noisemakers. It’s what there is to do rather than hang around the house after the main event is…

How soon will self-driving vehicles be steering to a road near you?
October 30, 2014

How soon will self-driving vehicles be steering to a road near you?

Self-driving vehicles no longer are science fiction. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll spot one on a road near you just yet. But it does mean some vehicles could have self-driving, or autonomous-driving, features as soon as 2016. Audi and Cadillac,…