Tesla had faced a couple of hurdles to offering the latest level of autonomous driving, which it calls supervised Full Self-Driving. It has needed approval from Chinese regulators, who questioned whether the company took adequate precautions to protect data. And it has needed access to extremely high-resolution maps across the country.
The timing of Mr. Musk’s trip was significant. He arrived in China days after he identified self-driving technology and artificial intelligence as critical to Tesla’s future. Tesla is not just a car company, Mr. Musk told investors last week, saying, “We should be thought of as an A.I. robotics company.”
Widespread embrace of self-driving cars could eliminate 90% of all auto accidents in the U.S., according to a new study.
Flight Was Deliberately Diverted, Malaysia Says
By KEITH BRADSHER and CHRIS BUCKLEY
Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a news conference that data indicated
that someone took action to change the course of the plane, which
traveled for seven hours after it lost contact with ground control.
In a dog-eat-dog world, President Obama is the cat, and Mitt Romney is chasing his own tail.
Seeking Co-Pilots for Self-Driving Car
Google
could join with auto makers to bring its self-driving car technology to
market, offer it as an after-market product or even give away the
technology, a manager at the Internet company said.
Five seconds. That's all it takes for workers at the Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market to turn a wildly struggling sea bream into seafood bound for market.
Go Maeda, a 20-year-old worker at fishery products wholesale company Yamafu Suisan, has a remarkable skill. Despite his young age, he handles up to 1,000 sea breams a day.
After inserting the tip of a knife into a fish near its gill, he thrusts again to make an incision near the tail, from where he puffs air into the body before dropping the fish into icy water.
The technique is called "shinkei nuki" (nerve- pulling). It is used by fishery products wholesalers to delay the process of rigor mortis and keep fish fresh.
after market
(ăf'tər-mär'kĭt)
n.
The market for parts and accessories used in the upkeep or enhancement of a previous purchase, as of a car or computer.
after-market af'ter-mar'ket adj.
rigor mortis
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