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Ten ways #autonomousDriving could redefine the automotive world via @McKinsey

Ten ways #autonomousDriving could redefine the automotive world via @McKinsey | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

The widespread use of AVs could profoundly affect a variety of industry sectors. To explore these implications in depth, we focused on three time horizons of AV diffusion: before such vehicles are commercially available to individual buyers, when they are in the early stage of adoption, and when they become the primary means of transport (exhibit).

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McKinsey proposes 10 ways self driving cars will impact our lives in 3 eras. The first one is the next 5 years (until 2020).


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Companies should should include the impact of self driving cars in their 5 to 10 year strategic plans. 


Most discard self-driving cars because they only see them replacing individual cars, which won't happen until 2030 at least. However, self driving cars will first impact niche applications and I assume this will impact the supply chain: procurement, distribution, etc.Companies should thus include self-driving as part of their strategies for : distribution logistics, warehouse automation, campus deliveries (closed circuit), farming, mining, etc.

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Green lights for our self-driving vehicle prototypes

Green lights for our self-driving vehicle prototypes | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
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One more small step towards the day when I can reclaim all the time I loose in my car as I shuffle between client offices...

Pinkid Singh's curator insight, May 16, 2015 2:35 AM

good one

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Crash-Testing #Driverless Cars in a Robot City

Crash-Testing #Driverless Cars in a Robot City | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Automakers are eager to test their robot cars in the $6.5 million driverless city being built by the University of Michigan.
Farid Mheir's insight:

driverless cars will soon be very popular and require completely news ways to tests the systems before they are deemed road worthy. Nice chart that shows the projected number of fully and partially autonomous cars we should expect to see on roads. Let's come back to it in a few years to see if reality will line up to this chart or blow past it...

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Elon Musk: cars you can drive will eventually be outlawed

SELF-DRIVING CARS WOULD TAKE 20 YEARS TO REPLACE REGULAR CARS
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I post so you can watch the video of the self-driving tesla S.


Reminds me of a saying they taught us in enterprise architecture class: when given a chance, always bet on technology because it matures much faster than anything else. 

Lewis J. Perelman's curator insight, March 27, 2015 3:39 PM

The headline assumes most people would be willing to have driving outlawed. That seems very unlikely.

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A Self-Driving Car Might Decide You Should Die

A Self-Driving Car Might Decide You Should Die - Backchannel - Medium
But that prospect isn’t as scary as it sounds
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Raises an important question as we give more and more autonomy to machines: cars, taxis, delivery vehicles, trains, etc.

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The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You

The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Suppose that an autonomous car is faced with a terrible decision to crash into one of two objects. It could swerve to the left and hit a Volvo sport utility vehicle (SUV), or it could swerve to the right and hit a Mini Cooper. If you were programming the car to minimize harm to others--a sensible goal--which way would you instruct it go in this scenario?
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Raises an important question as we give more and more autonomy to machines: cars, taxis, delivery vehicles, trains, etc.

André Bélanger's comment, March 25, 2015 2:53 PM
Réflexion fondamentale. Baillargeon avait écrit une chronique intéressante à ce sujet dans le Voir: http://voir.ca/chroniques/prise-de-tete/2014/02/12/google-deepmind-et-nous/
Daniel Xing's curator insight, March 27, 2015 7:42 AM

An interesting discussion about the safety of autonomous car. Human will be hesitate to make a decision and then accident happen, but as for a machine or inner program, it quite fairly perform a random decision. Another problem is, if car can be programmed as a computer, hacker will play more significant role because the car only perform as programmed. Therefore, both self-driving system and security system are important.

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All Teslas will get an over-the-air update this June allowing them to drive in "Autopilot" mode

All Teslas will get an over-the-air update this June allowing them to drive in "Autopilot" mode | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

it seems Autopilot will be disabled when you're not doing freeway driving, which is by far the easiest aspect of autonomous vehicle activity. Musk did confirm that the Autopilot mode would be "technically capable of driving from parking lot to parking lot." The car will also be allowed to drive itself when you summon it, and when you're parking it in your garage.

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A great review of the self-driving car solutions, with links to other articles on the subject.

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Mojio launches its plug-in car module that connects the unconnected car

Mojio launches its plug-in car module that connects the unconnected car | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Mojio’s new plug-in car module will link your car to the cloud, tracking the daily minutiae of driving. App developers like Glympse, Concur and IFTTT are then using that data to make their apps smarter.
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Should your driverless car kill you to save a child?

Should your driverless car kill you to save a child? | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Robots have already taken over the world. It may not seem so because it hasn’t happened in the way science fiction author Isaac Asmiov imagined it in his book I, Robot. City streets are not crowded by humanoid robots walking around just yet, but robots have been doing a lot of mundane work behind closed doors,...
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I think those questions will have to be answered over the next few years...

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6 Ways Autonomous Cars Could Change Everything via @fastcompany

6 Ways Autonomous Cars Could Change Everything via @fastcompany | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Autonomous cars could also have all sorts of unanticipated effects, like reversing urbanization and putting an end to parking.
Farid Mheir's insight:
Reverse urbanization, end of parking are some of the ways autonomous cars may change our lives. What would the impact on business be? Continuous delivery, where delivery vans make delivery routes 24-7?Predictive support, where support personnel are dispatched throughout an area where their service may be needed in the future, working in the car in between jobs?Warehouse on wheels, with high velocity items made available for order online and delivery in minutes?Travelling office, where sales team work out of small vans as they travel from one client to the next?
Mark Muller's curator insight, October 19, 2014 7:26 PM

I think autonomous (self-driving) cars will be the next major revolution in real estate. An autonomous campervan or bus could easile be converted into a mobile office or retail shop, eliminating the need for leasing a fixed tenancy.

 

Imagine a small office could be totally run from a moving bus, even picking up employees from home or train stations and transporting them to meetings as others work inside.

 

Maybe future landlords will lease both fixed and mobile property? 

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Meet Strati, the first 3D printed car in the world

Meet Strati, the first 3D printed car in the world | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
While some people have successfully 3D printed buildings, others have taken the same approach to the car manufacturing business, as a company has just come out with a car called the Strati that's t...

Via Tiaan Jonker
Farid Mheir's insight:

This is much inline with my readings on the zero marginal cost society. Being able to print your own car may not be practical of cost effective today but once it is and car 3D models are available free or low charge on the web, where will the car industry go? I understand why Tesla is building huge battery manufacturing plant as they may have seen that providing key components may be the future of the car industry?

Techstore's curator insight, September 22, 2014 4:09 PM

Meet Strati, the first 3D printed car in the world.

#tech #technews #cartech

Gemma Shannon's curator insight, September 23, 2014 2:21 PM

What's next? 3D printed buildings?! Amazing to see how far this technology has come in such a short space of time.

Alexandre Armougom's curator insight, September 29, 2014 9:16 AM

This is a good utility of 3D printer.

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Taxi firm Uber to deliver groceries- brings crowdsourcing to delivery?

Taxi firm Uber to deliver groceries- brings crowdsourcing to delivery? | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Taxi and private car hire service Uber has launched a grocery delivery service in the US.

The Corner Store facility is available as an option via its main smartphone app and covers more than 100 items.

The products are competitively priced against high street stores, and there is no delivery fee.

The service is an "experiment" limited to Washington DC at this time, but it makes them the latest in a series of tech firms to move into the sector.

Farid Mheir's insight:

Weird concept (see my other posts on same day delivery). But with the right kind of SKUs and proper relationship with retailers (they prepare the orders and the Uber driver delivers during slow periods of the day), it may make sense. The trial may help figure this out. But is grocery the right SKU to target first? Shouldn't pharmacy, HABA, alcohol, make more sense?


See also:

- A review of same-day delivery by Google, Amazon, Instacart fails to show how it makes money via @delray http://sco.lt/7Z6OLx

- Amazon’s now shipping on Sundays - will rescue US Postal Service + disrupt shipping industry? via @washingtonpost http://sco.lt/8g1601

- Same-Day Delivery not important, next-day delivery/pickup may be traditional retailer edge via @stratandbiz http://sco.lt/4wpmQT

and others on same-day delivery

http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-transformation-of-businesses?q=same+day+delivery 

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Google produces 200 units of #self-driving cars: no steering wheel, no gas pedal, no brakes See the video.

Google produces 200 units of #self-driving cars: no steering wheel, no gas pedal, no brakes See the video. | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

We’re now exploring what fully self-driving vehicles would look like by building some prototypes; they’ll be designed to operate safely and autonomously without requiring human intervention. They won’t have a steering wheel, accelerator pedal, or brake pedal… because they don’t need them. Our software and sensors do all the work. The vehicles will be very basic—we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible—but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button. And that's an important step toward improving road safety and transforming mobility for millions of people. 

Farid Mheir's insight:

Google has done it: a true self-driving car. Not a production car that they retrofitted with technology but one designed and built from scratch. Wow. See the video, impressive - even though the design is questionable the technology is overwhelming.


This really make a huge leap to demonstrate what future transportation systems may be like. Think of a mini office or entertainment on wheels. Kind of like a train or a plane, you become a passenger.


Businesses should look at this carefully as it paves the way for revolution in the supply chain - non wonder this comes out of military projects looking to make the supply of armies more efficient and less costly. When will we see a retailer - a grocer for example - embrace this technology to deliver groceries at your door? Amazon?

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Google's self-driving cars now understand cyclists' gestures & people from behind- #scary it did not before

Google's self-driving cars now understand cyclists' gestures & people from behind- #scary it did not before | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Whenever we see a self-driving car, we're always nervous that it won't see us and steamroller us straight into the tarmac. It's a fear that Google is trying to quell with its latest video, revealing that the vehicles are constantly tweaked to better understand and navigate the obstacles of California. In the clip we learn that the cars can now spot a cyclist's arm-waving, and will wait until they've passed before moving along. The rides can also now spot pedestrians from behind, will slow for on-road construction and won't enter a railroad crossing until the exit is clear.

Farid Mheir's insight:

Not much in the post other than a great 2 minutes video that shows how much a self-driving car has to manage in real-time to be safe on the road. and very amazing that it does what it does already. To old (!) folks like me, this is very Dick Tracy-esque!

CESSON's curator insight, April 29, 2014 11:15 PM

Self driving cars are getting closer to perfection.

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Great #IoT example: Tesla cars Over-the-Air Repairs Are the Way Forward via MIT @TechReview

Great #IoT example: Tesla cars Over-the-Air Repairs Are the Way Forward via MIT @TechReview | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Tesla and GM have both issued fire-related recalls, but Tesla’s fix doesn’t require owners to bring their cars in.
Farid Mheir's insight:

Benefits of having an Internet connected device - here a car - is that it can be remotely updated to fix issues or tune performance. Convenience and fast improvements.


Remember that this means it can also be remotely monitored, both for good and bad reasons, which may also raise security and privacy concerns.

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A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll

A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Let’s say you fancy a fast car. Flavio Garcia, a University of Birmingham computer scientist, discovered the algorithim that verifies the ignition key for luxury cars like Porsches, Audis, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis. He was slapped with an injunction to ban him from disclosing his findings at the Usenix Security Symposium in order to prevent sophisticated criminal gangs from having the analytics tools for widespread car theft.

You might need Garcia’s algorithm to steal a car, but soon, with an entirely different algorithm, you may be able to crash one into a tree or disable its brakes from a distance. Or maybe it’s a fast boat you’re after. Mess with its GPS, and you can steer it where you want without the crew noticing.

Farid Mheir's insight:

This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 


Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.


Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.



Farid Mheir's curator insight, November 13, 2016 1:59 PM

This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 

 

Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.

 

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.

Felix Cheang's curator insight, November 13, 2016 7:36 PM

As long as there is a chip inside, anything is hackable....

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A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll

A world where everything is hackable via @Strata @acroll | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

Let’s say you fancy a fast car. Flavio Garcia, a University of Birmingham computer scientist, discovered the algorithm that verifies the ignition key for luxury cars like Porsches, Audis, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis. He was slapped with an injunction to ban him from disclosing his findings at the Usenix Security Symposium in order to prevent sophisticated criminal gangs from having the analytics tools for widespread car theft.

You might need Garcia’s algorithm to steal a car, but soon, with an entirely different algorithm, you may be able to crash one into a tree or disable its brakes from a distance. Or maybe it’s a fast boat you’re after. Mess with its GPS, and you can steer it where you want without the crew noticing.

Farid Mheir's insight:

This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 

 

Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.

 

WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT

Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.

Farid Mheir's curator insight, August 30, 2013 10:01 AM

This post is full of very relevant and useful links. Building on what is in this piece, I suggest the following to get a feel for the evil side of these hacks. 


Listen to the 60 minutes report on the stuxnet and the flame viruses, which were recently used to attack nuclear facilities in Iran. Also read an interesting report during a recent security conference of simulated attacks on an oil rig or another post on potential security concerns with airplanes.


Digital transformations ultimately will mean everything will be digital - corporations, things, and most of what people see and do. And when you get to 100% digital and 100% connected, some of what Alistair is describing will become common place.



Felix Cheang's curator insight, November 13, 2016 7:36 PM

As long as there is a chip inside, anything is hackable....

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Auto industry digital transformation from newspaper and TV to online and social

Auto industry digital transformation from newspaper and TV to online and social | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it

A significant shift to Internet marketing is transforming the automobile industry, and CF Search Marketing is helping dealerships across the country navigate the transition from television and newspaper advertising to search engine optimization and marketing, social media, inbound marketing and pay-per-click models of measurement.

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"It's not the whole puzzle," he said of digital marketing for the auto industry. "We know (dealers) have X amount of dollars and we help strategize with them. The old-school dealers who don't embrace this, who don't understand that the next generation of car buyers are getting most of their information through their cell phones, won't be able to compete."

As a result of this transformation, many medium-sized and large dealerships now have Internet sales teams, and landing at the top of local search pages such as Google Places, Yahoo Local and Bing Maps has become a priority.

Farid Mheir's insight:

Great example of the needs for small businesses to embrace the digital medium or die. The large automakers have made the shift years ago but car dealerships are small businesses and they have yet to make the move. Looks like the time is now and that they need help tomake the transition, changing processes and I assume people as well...

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Your Car Is the Killer App for Google Glass says @Wired

Your Car Is the Killer App for Google Glass says @Wired | WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation | Scoop.it
Everyone wants to know what Google Glass is good for. I've figured it out: It's the killer app for your car.
Farid Mheir's insight:

I think of delivery services but also of sales reps, and how glass could transform their daily lives. All the technologies have been there for a while - GPS, cell phone, live traffic feeds, detailed maps - but what glass does is change the proximity, from something that you have - in-car garmin GPS - or that you carry - Android cell phone - to something that you constantly wear and have in front of your eyes - litterally.

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