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In present, we face with an outstanding era of technology, which left the humanity behind in most of the processes. These automated cars are proven by the scientists that the failures while driving will be less comparing to human driving. “Every year on American roads, nearly 33,000 people die, almost all because of driver error. (Whitaker 1)” Whitaker sums up everything with this quote, he briefly explains why humanity should shift in to self driving cars. There area couple reasons behind it;…

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Designing the hoverboards of the future is not easy, of course nothing good in life is, now is it? Think for a second what is needed. For a teen to ditch his skateboard and go for a new high-tech hoverboard, well it be pretty spectacular and have awesome performance. Consider if you will the barriers the engineers and designers must over come; Air Resistance Gravity Maneuverability Hard Ground Speed Needed to Excite Rider With regards to air-resistance we can excite the…

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Autonomous cars have the ability to provide many benefits such as reducing the number of road accidents, nevertheless, vehicle crashes will happen so who is responsible for the liability? Legislators are reviewing this subject and the many legal and liability issues that come with Autonomous vehicles. There are many companies that are developing this technology which covers public transportation, personal automobiles, and tractor trailer vehicles. As cars are evolving, liability is becoming an…

The public is the single most important factor in designing a product for the market. It is even put as number one in the engineering code of ethics for software engineers. As an engineer you have a responsibility to society to make the product safe. Vehicles can be dangerous machines but with the technology available today engineers have made these vehicles safer than ever before. I believe that there is still room for improvement and it must be exploited to the fullest extent to keep society…

driverless is still testing and improving, because this technology is not mature yet. Google Car is an obvious example of a driverless vehicle and it still testing. According to Markoff (2014), Google created a self-driving car without a steering wheel or brake pedal. There are two buttons that drivers can control: the start button and stop button. Also, Google Car could be controlled by a smartphone application. People can select a destination on a smartphone and the car will follow the human’s…

Usually, when people hear the words self-driving car they instantly think of the future. It’s pretty hard to think what the downsides of getting where you need to go, without doing any work whatsoever, could be, but you’d be surprised how big one of the reasons this wouldn't work actually is. There is a moral problem that comes with the inviolability of the self-driving car. One great thing that self-driving cars promise is the improved safety and minimization of most problems that may occur on…

traffic. Many people have had someone cut them off while trying to turn out of an intersection or while changing lanes have to slam on the brakes. What they do not see is the human errors cause a traffic jam, otherwise known as a ghost jam. When a ghost jam happens it causes everyone behind the vehicle that they are driving to have to quickly get on their brakes which could possibly cause an accident. The decrease in traffic will help out in fuel economy and time that it takes…

The idea of driving without both hands on a wheel is appealing to many. Being able to do other things such as replying to a text message without risking others’ and your life, performing other tasks like putting makeup and eating while driving can be very convenient. The article “the Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars” (Kirkpatrick, 2015) by Keith Kirkpatrick presents futuristic perspective on driving safely. He was able to keep the reader’s attention captivated throughout the article by…