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A terrible design decision that Elon Musk made more than a decade ago is once again biting Tesla in the behind.

Tesla’s Robotaxi Program Is Failing Because Elon Musk Made a Foolish Decision Years Ago

By Noor Al-Sibai

A video shows how the lidar sensors equipped on self-driving cars can wreak havoc on your smartphone camera.

Advanced Transport

Something Wild Happens When You Try to Take a Video of a Car’s Sensors

By Frank Landymore

YouTuber Mark Rober has perfectly demonstrated why Tesla relying entirely on cameras isn't such a good idea for driver-assistance tech.

Man Tests If Tesla Autopilot Will Crash Into Wall Painted to Look Like Road

By Victor Tangermann

Archeologists uncovered a lost Mayan city called Valeriana in the jungles of southern Mexico while examining LiDAR maps.

Science & Energy

Scientist Accidentally Discovers Ancient Mayan City While Browsing Web

By Victor Tangermann

Archaeologists have begun uncovering a 250-year-old lost city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest — and are using advanced technology to survey it.

Science & Energy

Archaeologists Discover Lost City in Amazon Rainforest

By Noor Al-Sibai

By placing traffic cones on self-driving cars' hoods, activists are turning them into useless hunks of metal and plastic.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Annoyed Residents Disabling Self-Driving Cars by Placing Traffic Cones on Their Hoods

By Sharon Adarlo

Elon Musk has been promising that Tesla's Full Self-Driving would be coming "next year" forever — but as it turns out, he may be the reason it hasn't.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Elon Musk Apparently Made a Stupid Engineering Decision That’s Kneecapped Tesla’s Self-Driving Promises

By Noor Al-Sibai

Imagine if your car was able to not only tell if you were driving drunk, but could also literally stop the vehicle if you were too out of it.

Advanced Transport

Volvo’s New Electric Car Won’t Drive if It Detects That You’re Drunk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Shoot magic energy lasers out of your fingers with augmented reality experiment that game enthusiast and HoloForge Interactive CTO Olivier Goguel created.

Artificial Intelligence

Awesome AR Demo Lets You Shoot Magic With Your Fingers

By Lonnie Lee Hood

According to Bloomberg, Tesla is collaborating with Luminar, a LIDAR company "fool's errand" in 2019 — despite Elon Musk calling it a "fool's errand."

Elon Musk Said Tesla Would Never Use This Tech That It’s Now Using

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Luminar has announceda production-ready lidar system for autonomous cars that costs just $500 — a huge decrease in price over existing systems.

This $500 Lidar System Could Prove Elon Musk Wrong

By Kristin Houser

Robot Bees Have Arrived

Artificial Intelligence

Robot Bees Have Arrived

By Miguel Santos