Late in the evening on the final day of his presidency, Donald Trump pardoned Anthony Levandowski, infamous “tech bro” and trade secret thief.\nJust five months earlier, Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pled guilty to stealing trade secrets from his employer, Google.\nIn what the sentencing judge called the “biggest trade secret crime [he had] ever seen,” Levandowski downloaded thousands of files about Google’s driverless car technology just before departing to start a competing autonomous vehicle company.\nThe Levandowski pardon left many shaking their heads in disbelief.\nFor while no one can plan for a once-in-a-million presidential pardon, every company can take steps to prevent trade secret theft from occurring in the first place—long before the trade secrets are used to build competing products, long before lawyers, judges and expensive litigation, and even before the would-be trade secret thief makes off with the goods.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"GameAbove Funds Research Engineer Position at Eastern Michigan University to Expand Focus on Autonomous Vehicle Technologies","slug":"gameabove-funds-research-engineer-position-at-eastern-michigan-university-to-expand-focus-on-autonomous-vehicle-technologies","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-20 14:30:51.874755","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"YPSILANTI, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GameAbove today announced a $500,000 gift to the GameAbove College of Engineering and Technology at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) to fund a senior research engineer position and expand exploration for the advancement of autonomous, connected-vehicle technologies and mobility solutions.\nEngineering is at the heart of connected vehicles, so it is natural that a university like Eastern Michigan houses a key research position in this field,” said Khalid Walton, a GameAbove advisory board member.\nThe research position follows similar contributions by GameAbove to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in the greater Southeastern Michigan region.\nwww.gameabove.comAbout Eastern Michigan UniversityFounded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest public university in Michigan.\nFor more information about Eastern Michigan University, visit the University's website.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"“Automotive Disruption Radar”: New technologies in the global automotive industry take off despite the pandemic","slug":"automotive-disruption-radar-new-technologies-in-the-global-automotive-industry-take-off-despite-the-pandemic","publishDate":"2021-05-20 12:40:56+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-20 14:30:51.593175","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Even the Covid-19 pandemic cannot halt the disruptive developments in technology and customer attitude trends within the automotive sector.\nThis is among the findings of the latest Automotive Disruption Radar (ADR) from Roland Berger, a twice-yearly report that tracks 26 automotive indicators across 18 countries.\n“The amount of technological progress we have seen in autonomous driving is remarkable, as the steady rise in patents indicates.\nThis is helped by the fact that the legal frameworks now allow more scope for autonomous driving.\nIn 2020, eight countries now permit type approval for autonomous vehicles – the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Russia having joined the existing three.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Driverless car development boosted as Volvo releases research data","slug":"driverless-car-development-boosted-as-volvo-releases-research-data","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-20 14:30:50.773578","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"But data stored on research and development vehicles or in the IT infrastructure of OEMs will only deliver limited improvements.\nLong-range data releasedThe two firms released a free, curated dataset called Cirrus containing long-range lidar data from Volvo’s fleet of test vehicles.\nThe raw data from Luminar’s lidar sensors can detect objects ahead of the car up to 250m away and marks a shift in the data and information available to developers.\nPrevious publicly available information has relied on shorter-range, lower-resolution point clouds and uniform scanning patterns, so, while it’s been interesting, its usefulness has been debatable.\nThis is reflected in the dataset, which also includes uniform lidar data and corresponding camera images, and annotations for reference.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Groups urge Congress to consider auto safety, work force concerns in AV legislation","slug":"groups-urge-congress-to-consider-auto-safety-work-force-concerns-in-av-legislation","publishDate":"2021-05-18 13:33:03-04:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-19 14:31:10.530026","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Executives from groups that represent consumers and unionized workers on Tuesday pressed members of Congress to prioritize vehicle safety and workers' needs in any effort to develop a federal framework for autonomous vehicles and other forward-looking technologies.\nSpecifically, the consumer advocacy group recommends a four-pronged approach to existing and future vehicle technologies.\nThat approach includes mandatory performance standards for advanced driver-assist systems, data collection, operational safety standards that can be verified by a third party as well as cybersecurity standards, updated occupant protection standards and other standards to protect pedestrians and other vulnerable road users.\n\"Following a voluntary standard model for AVs is a fool's errand,\" Levine said in his testimony.\n\"Industry voluntary standards — created for commercial purposes — can be a nice benchmark but can also be easily ignored or subverted at any time by any participant.\"
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Free ‘A2GO’ autonomous shuttle service coming to Ann Arbor this fall","slug":"free-a2go-autonomous-shuttle-service-coming-to-ann-arbor-this-fall","publishDate":"2021-05-18 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-19 14:31:08.768536","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"ANN ARBOR – A new transportation service will soon be offering individuals rides in the downtown area at no cost.\nMay Mobility, University of Michigan’s Mcity and Ann Arbor SPARK announced the launch of the new A2GO autonomous vehicle shuttle service Tuesday during Ann Arbor SPARK’s annual meeting.\nThe shuttle service will be up and running on Oct. 11 and was made possible in part by a grant through the state of Michigan’s mobility efforts.\n“This unique service demonstrates how the mobility landscape is evolving, with partners representing transportation, safety, land use, and economic development.\nIt’s exciting that work being developed and tested in Ann Arbor has potential global impact.”
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"ANRA Technologies Wins NASA’s Next Big Advanced Air Mobility Project","slug":"anra-technologies-wins-nasas-next-big-advanced-air-mobility-project","publishDate":"2021-05-18 18:16:18+00:00","createdLocal":"2021-05-19 14:31:07.970281","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Multi-year program will provide AAM integration technologies and services to FlyOhio as part of NASA Advanced Air Mobility CampaignWASHINGTON, D.C. – May 19, 2021 – ANRA Technologies, a leader in integrated airspace management, today announced that it has won NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate National Campaign 2 for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) for Community Planning and Integration activities to address key safety and integration barriers together with FlyOhio, a collaboration of public, private and academic institutions led by DriveOhio’s advanced air mobility (AAM) group.\n“Advanced Air Mobility technology is revolutionizing the transportation industry and Ohio is well-positioned to lead market adoption as these solutions scale.\nANRA completed NASA AAM NC (X3) simulations in 2020 as a PSU, testing scenarios in a simulated environment.\nAbout ANRA TechnologiesANRA Technologies, Inc. is a leading international provider of end-to-end drone operations and traffic management solutions for autonomous aircraft system operators and airspace managers.\nANRA offers intelligent and modular traffic management software capabilities as part of the SmartSkiesTM family for UAS Traffic Management (UTM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) operations.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Apple expands self-driving car fleet, reduces number of test drivers","slug":"apple-expands-self-driving-car-fleet-reduces-number-of-test-drivers","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2021-05-19 14:31:07.030581","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Apple has reportedly increased the number of self-driving cars it is testing on California roads, but has halved the number of drivers licensed to operate them.\nAn Apple report with the DMV from February indicated that the company's autonomous vehicle technology as a whole seemingly improved.\nThe new data, first seen by MacReports also indicates that the number of Apple autonomous test drivers has decreased to 76.\nApple is widely rumored to be developing its own self-driving car technology for use in a future autonomous vehicle project.\nBack in January, Apple was said to be in talks with Hyundai and Kia about manufacturing the \"Apple Car.\"
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