That auto-related tech can usually be broadly split into two general categories: technology that helps the car go somewhere and technology that makes its interior a better place to be while getting there.
One thing the tech and auto industries can agree on is that self-driving cars are doable.
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They become customers for more sophisticated products made in the U.S. Lose an auto parts job, gain a high-tech job.
Just as innovation matters in the tech category, it matters in the auto category and Toyota, while buckling down on the basics and every other rule of brand ascendency, is nothing, if not inventive in its thinking.
Furthermore, AMD claims the tech will also allow each pedestrian in Grand Theft Auto, for example, to have their own distinct personality and react a different way to a variety of circumstances.
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In Japan, where Softbank is the favored partner for U.S. high-tech firms, Microsoft introduced CarPoint, its Internet auto locator service after offering 50% to Softbank and another 10% to Yahoo Japan, where CarPoint will be the exclusive car-buying service.
Auto makers point to studies, including one by researchers at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, which show that talking on a cellphone increases the risk of a crash or near-crash by 1.3 times over regular driving, while physically dialing a number increased the risk 2.8 times.
As a piece to the bigger picture of the auto industry's turnaround, Rhett's company, Carbi-Tech, makes dies and stamps brass-plated parts used in throttle and brake controls for Ford, Chrysler, suppliers in Canada, and Delphi Automotive LLP.
Sometime this morning, a car dealer in Petaluma, California, will hand Mr. Chalouhi the keys to his new Nissan Leaf, and the young Silicon Valley tech-exec will drive off the lot and into our collective auto future.
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After playing games like Grand Theft Auto III and the Tegra 3-enhanced Shadowgun, I'm convinced we tech enthusiasts live in an exciting time.
With CES coming a week before the Detroit Auto Show, these carmakers are using the gadget show as a layup to some car tech announcements.
We can't speak to the tech inside, but it does pack a 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, a 3.5 mm headset jack, typical USB charger, and run of the mill soft keys on the sides of the handset.
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It's become a bit of a must-attend event for auto lovers too, with more and more major manufacturers showing up each year, rolling out their high-tech wares to show the industry just how well they're keeping in touch with the broader world of tech.
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