Just as drivers in Brazil can be warned of traffic congestion ahead or a vehicle parked on the hard shoulder, notifications may soon pop up on their smartphone or on their car’s computer screen to warn them in real time that an anteater, wolf or tapir is crossing the highway. No human will necessarily need to see the animal in question or press a control button to send the warning.
System uses artificial intelligence to detect wild animals on roads and avoid accidents
Tech News
-
Free Dark Web Monitoring Stamps the $17 Million Credentials Markets
-
Smart buildings: What happens to our free will when tech makes choices for us?
-
Screenshots have generated new forms of storytelling, from Twitter fan fiction to desktop film
-
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
-
Privacy violations undermine the trustworthiness of the Tim Hortons brand
-
Why Tesla’s Autopilot crashes spurred the feds to investigate driver-assist technologies – and what that means for the future of self-driving cars