Driving assistants - IBM Patent 9296395

Artificial intelligence will make roads safer, by making sure drivers are focused behind the wheel. Patent 9296395 allows built-in cognitive systems to learn about conditions both inside and outside the car, and take actions if they sense your state-of-mind just isn’t where it needs to be. Whether you’re cruising, commuting or driving cross-country, cognitive will make sure you never ride alone.      

This is just one of the record-breaking 8,000+ patents IBM received this year. Explore the latest IBM patents. →

7 years ago

Take us home, Olli. 

The next generation of self-driving cars is one you can talk to. Local Motors, creators of the world’s first 3D-printed cars, just launched Olli, the first talking shuttle bus to use cloud-based IBM Watson IoT for Automotive as a brain.

A combination of four Watson APIs (Speech-to-Text, Natural Language Classifier, Entity Extraction and Text-to-Speech) gives Olli the ability to recognize and react to things like “let’s go downtown” or “what’s good to eat around here?” as you and up to 11 other people go from point A to B.

If you’re looking to catch a ride with Olli, you can find it making the rounds in Washington, D.C. Next stops: Miami and Las Vegas.

Honk to learn more about Olli and Watson →

8 years ago

Dispatches from Dublin:

Honk if you find a cat 

A cat goes missing. It’s getting late. Parked cars sense the signal from from Mr. Mittens’ radio tracking collar. His family pinpoints his location and drives out to pick him up. This is one of many cognitive applications researchers at IBM’s research lab in Dublin are testing to make our cars’ built-in GPS systems, motion sensors, rear view cameras and onboard computers useful even when we’re not driving them. By connecting parked cars across a city, the combined network could provide us with information to help find pets, locate parking spots, detect gas leaks, record break-ins and more.

8 years ago

People wait outside the museum to see the mysterious Automobile Accident Exhibit. They say things like, “I’ve heard it’s terribly sad” and “I don’t understand…what’s a car accident?” Sounds like a scene from a sci-fi flick, but Ralf Lenninger says, "We think there will be a point in time where accidents belong in a museum.”  He’s an engineer working with IBM Researchers to develop a technology that will actually make cars more aware of what’s going on inside and around them to make accidents a thing of the past. Interested in an automated car? Listen to how Ralf and Continental are making it happen  →

9 years ago

IBMers don’t have to remember to circle July 13 on their calendars to celebrate Embrace Your Geekness Day. It’s a daily observance in our hallways, labs and even some parking spots. We love being a haven for Geek Primes because it’s geeks who solve the really tough problems – like putting people on the Moon, cracking the genomic code and storing data on an atomic level. Or in the case of IBM Distinguished Engineer Jerry Denman, it’s making sure that the computer systems powering our malls and online stores keep shopping carts rolling during Black Friday, Cyber Mondays and whenever else we get that collective urge to shop.

We recently interviewed the self-proclaimed IBM Geek for a glimpse into his geekhood: 

Keep reading

10 years ago

Fantastical Nonfiction
F̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶'̶e̶r̶ ̶U̶p̶!̶ Plug-er-in!

Out of the way gas-guzzlers. It’s estimated you’ll be sharing the road with 3 million electric vehicles by 2017. IBMer energy specialists are already preparing for the world adoption of EVs with a cloud-based electric vehicle charging system innovation. By putting electric cars in direct communication with the power grid, each plug-in seamlessly accesses vehicle I.Ds., battery storage info, energy transaction plans and payment details. Amazing to think that soon we’ll be watching the price-per-Kwh instead of the price-per-gallon. Explore more stories →

10 years ago

“The connected car will give a lot more intelligence and visibility to drivers. The usage of a car will be much more different, based on the cloud. The car will do what you want. You can play, sleep, drive, be productive in the car, and this will be a totally different place to commute and to be mobile.”

INSIDE THE INVENTIVE MIND
Gerhard Baum
IBM Auto Industry & Cloud Expert
Making EV-friendly roads

10 years ago