Using artificial intelligence to enrich digital maps

Model tags road features based on satellite images, to improve GPS navigation in places with limited map data.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 23, 2020 ~9 min

Predicting people's driving personalities

System from MIT CSAIL sizes up drivers as selfish or selfless. Could this help self-driving cars navigate in traffic?

Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 18, 2019 ~7 min


10-minute charging for electric cars may be on the way

A new battery could lead to super fast charging for electric cars. It would take just 10 minutes for a range of 200 to 300 miles.

A'ndrea Elyse Messer-Penn State • futurity
Nov. 6, 2019 ~3 min

Better autonomous “reasoning” at tricky intersections

Model alerts driverless cars when it’s safest to merge into traffic at intersections with obstructed views.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 4, 2019 ~7 min

Helping autonomous vehicles see around corners

By sensing tiny changes in shadows, a new system identifies approaching objects that may cause a collision.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 27, 2019 ~8 min

Uninfected patients key to improving Ebola response

New methodology may be used to respond to other endemic diseases.

Center for Transportation and Logistics • mit
Sept. 16, 2019 ~6 min

Electric scooters aren’t the greenest way to get around

Electric scooter companies may say they're environmentally friendly, but using scooters may not be the greenest way to get where you're going.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Sept. 11, 2019 ~5 min

MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift

New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 29, 2019 ~8 min


What’s the best way to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions?

Study finds that in some locations, lightweight gas-powered cars could have a bigger emissions-reducing impact than electric ones.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 26, 2019 ~7 min

How will self-driving cars deal with motion sickness?

What good will self-driving cars be if your ride makes you feel motion sick? Now, researchers are figuring out how to give future riders a smoother trip.

Nicole Casal Moore-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 21, 2019 ~5 min

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