Robert Barrett and Jack Dunham hack cars for a living.
In their garage on the Fremont campus of Underwriters Laboratories, they probe for weaknesses that criminals might exploit to tamper with or take control of today’s Web-connected cars.
It’s not an academic pursuit.
Hackers years ago demonstrated an ability to commandeer, remotely, a vehicle’s transmission and steering, although the known cases have not been random, broad-based attacks but instead were aimed at specific vulnerabilities in specific cars.
The modern automobile can be traced back more than 100 years to 1886, when Karl Benz created the Benz slightly more than 10 mph.
It’s easy to chuckle at that today, when our cars are made from a variety of composite materials that were likely developed by aerospace engineers and can easily reach speeds in excess of 100 mph. But the primary goal of the automobile hasn’t changed: to move us from point A to B. A second goal is to provide mobility in a way that does not harm people and will not result in property damage.
Simply stated, we want to drive safe.
"Currently, only about one-fifth of drivers say they would buy an autonomous car as soon as one is available and fewer than one-third say they would be comfortable riding in one."
That's according to a new statement by the Governor's Highway Safety Association (GHSA), who on February 3 issued its first "Spotlight" covering autonomous vehicles, titled Autonomous Vehicles Meet Human Drivers: Traffic Safety Issues for States. The report examines self-driving technology and the potential safety issues it raises.
Decades ago Mexico City's air pollution was so poor, birds would fall out of the sky -- dead.
Locals said living there was like smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, according to one report. In response, Mexico City took several steps to try to improve air quality including restricting driving one or two days during the weekdays.
The program has had negligible results.
For 60 years, NAFA has understood that leadership is integral to every organization’s success and is a necessary skill for all professionals to master.
With this necessity in mind, NAFA proudly announces that Doug Keeley, CEO and Chief Storyteller of The Mark of a Leader, will be the Keynote Speaker for the Association’s annual conference, the 2017 Institute & Expo, April 25-28 in Tampa, Florida.
Recognized as one of North America’s most successful communicators, Keeley will bring his insight and the principles of Five Level Leadership, a core principle of the Mark of a Leader program to attendees in an engaging presentation.