June 2, 2021
Tesla Inc has dropped radar sensors from its semi-autonomous driving system, Autopilot, raising concerns over the safety of the camera-only version, Tesla Vision. Tesla aims to make the driver-assist system fully self-driving, and many in that young industry are skeptical …
May 26, 2021
Tesla Inc. updated its website Tuesday to announce that Model 3 and Model Y cars built for North America and shipping this month will no longer be equipped with radar. On Tesla’s earnings call last month, Chief Executive Officer Elon …
June 19, 2019
An autonomous systems defense company contends it has successfully spoofed the GPS mechanism of a Tesla Model 3 using the automaker’s latest Autopilot technology, sending the vehicle off its intended route. Regulus Cyber said it used commercially available hardware and …
January 29, 2019
Wind farms in central Illinois may be interfering with the radar on weather apps, and residents should watch out for such disparities when using the resources, according to local meteorologists. Chris Miller, a warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather …
January 3, 2012
Radar used in the stealth bomber and to find roadside bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq is moving into the sewers of Louisiana. The aim is finding empty spaces where dirt has seeped into sewers and water pipes before they spread …
September 8, 2011
The tornado that struck the Wichita area 20 years ago is one of the deadliest in Kansas history. The EF-5 tornado killed 17 people on April 26, 1991. No tornado in Kansas since then has matched that number. Yet when …
August 26, 2011
The rapper known as DMX has been arrested for speeding in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Carrick Cook told The Associated Press that the 40-year-old rapper was arrested Wednesday night and bonded out of jail …