IBM AI boat to commemorate historic US Mayflower voyage finally lands… in Canada
IBM’s self-sailing Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) has finally crossed the Atlantic albeit more than a year and a half later than planned. Still, congratulations to the team.
That said, MAS missed its target. Instead of arriving in Massachusetts – the US state home to Plymouth Rock where the 17th-century Mayflower landed – the latest in a long list of technical difficulties forced MAS to limp to Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. The 2,700-mile (4,400km) journey from Plymouth, UK, came to an end on Sunday.
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Enemies Waymo, Uber now friends making self-driving-ish trucks for US highways
Waymo and Uber announced on Tuesday a “long-term strategic partnership” promising to work together to deploy autonomous freight trucks on US roads, years after both companies fought bitterly over self-driving technology.
The collaboration will see Waymo retrofitting trucks with its AI-powered driving software operating on Uber’s logistics and network infrastructure. Shippers can tap into the Uber Freight service to connect with truckers willing to deliver their goods across the country. Vehicles running the Waymo Driver software will be able to complete part of the journey autonomously, although human drivers will still need to be present.
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So they actually commemorated Samuel de Champlain’s voyage to Nova Scotia in 1605. Close enough.
Good thing it has all that computing power to calculate coordinates to the nearest 0.000000000000000000000001 km
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It’s a Viking?
They should name it The Flying Futzman.
When a advert says you can cross park it you know it’s tiny.
This video acknowledges its Isetta heritage…
The scooter looks interesting too.
Oh, yeah, please make electric scooters a thing. The un-muffled gas variety that somehow get a constant pass from the po-po are on my last nerve. We call them the scooter mafia at my house, and their excessive noise starts in April and won’t stop until November. This is Michigan, these people are dedicated to being annoying asshats.
Isetta1) 2.0.
1) Also known as the “car” that saved BMW.
There’s quite a few around here. The problem is the opposite of yours. They are sooo quiet. Look both ways or die.
Hmm, need something in between, like the 1000 Watt stereo in my Stupid Prius to make sure the quiet vehicle can be heard…
