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The Boring Company

Two Underwhelming Elon Musk Projects on Display at CES

Demonstrations at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas highlight the failures of Tesla's autonomous vehicles and the Boring Company's tunnels.

January 10, 2022 - Curbed

Uber Self-Driving Car

Scrutiny Turns Toward Uber After First Pedestrian Death by Autonomous Vehicle

It's not just the autonomous vehicle technology, but also the company that operated the self-driving SUV receiving scrutiny after the death of Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Az. on March 18.

March 31, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Uber Autonomous Vehicle

Failure of Automated Driving Technology Blamed for First Pedestrian Fatality

Experts who watched the videos taken by onboard cameras equipped in the Volvo SUV that hit Elaine Herzberg determined that Uber's automated driving system failed to perform adequately. The crash points to a need for regulations.

March 25, 2018 - San Francisco Chronicle

Dublin Skyline

Take a LiDAR Tour of Dublin

The potential of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data to redefine mapping and modeling will be on display in the city of Dublin, Ireland, after NYU researchers released the largest ever LiDAR data set.

July 14, 2017 - TechCrunch

Roman Road, Britain

Uncovering the Roman Roads Cutting Across England

An amateur archaeologist has taken modern technology to dig into history, unearthing the roads built by Romans over 2,000 years ago in England.

March 7, 2016 - The Architect's Newspaper

Urban Forestry Gets State-of-the-Art Assistance with LiDAR Technology

Advanced remote sensing technologies are providing cities and planners across the United States with new tools to assess urban tree canopy and develop more effective urban reforestation efforts.

October 4, 2013 - The Architect's Newspaper

Angkor Wat

Stunning Discovery Upends Our Understanding of Pre-Industrial Urbanism

The results of a survey conducted last year of the forests of Cambodia, but just published this month, has found a complex landscape of "low-density urban sprawl" connected to Angkor Wat, upending our understanding of pre-industrial urbanism.

July 1, 2013 - The Guardian

Did a Promising Technology Help Find a Lost City of Gold?

Conor Myhrvold writes about the application of remote sensing technology to the search for ancient South American cities reclaimed by time and nature.

June 13, 2012 - Technology Review

Eye in the Sky Maps Ancient Maya

Advanced laser imaging technology known as lidar has proven to be an effective and fast way to map ancient Mayan villages.

May 18, 2010 - The New York Times

Mapping for Solar Power - With Lasers

Part of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC campaign involves taking detailed scans of the city from the sky to determine the suitability if sites for solar power.

May 10, 2010 - The New York Times

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