Intelligent Cars Exchanging Information by Themselves
Enhanced vehicle data recognising traffic conditions and possible hazards. Local hazard warnings provided by direct vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Efficient communication network not requiring any infrastructure. Just imagine what it would be like to have a car able to “talk” to other cars around you! What would those cars have to tell each other? The BMW Group is working on autonomous, self-organising communication networks - so-called ad-hoc networks - connecting cars with each other. In this process cars collect local data from their immediate surroundings, process this information and exchange it with other cars.
Fast and efficient Local hazard warnings for extra safety Real-time hazard warnings are one possible application of such an ad-hoc communication network. Such a warning only makes sense if it reaches the appropriate addressee in good time - and precisely this is the case with extremely flexible and fast ad-hoc networks using wireless LAN (WLAN) transmission technology: Should a vehicle, say, start to swerve out of control in a bend due to oil on the road or black ice, it will immediately send an appropriate warning to all other road users in the vicinity currently approaching this bend. Similarly, a vehicle can send out a warning to other cars in foggy weather before they run into a fogbank themselves.

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Audi tried to combine hydrogen-powered concept with artificial intelligent, one seat only, this car has the ability to drive by itself without any help from the driver. Skinned in chrome, the Virtuea Quattro is powered by hydrogen somehow (details apparently aren’t required for this thought experiment) and has the unique ability of displaying the holographic exterior of any car throughout history, though Audi would prefer if you made it look like the R8. Special thing about this car is the “brain” that has the ability to change its own hologram body, which mean, yes … you can change the car’s body just with a single push button, hologram only of course but still … very cool concept isn’t it ?

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Held for the third time since its outset in 2004, the DARPA Grand Challenge is the largest scale research and development program for autonomous vehicles. Taking place in the U.S., the event features robot cars built by teams from all over the world, competing in a long distance race. The program is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development organization of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This year’s competition, which will take place in a mock urban area in California, promises to be especially challenging, as DARPA added new tasks and rules for the competitor teams. Despite that, expectations are extremely high, due to the progress made in automotive research since 2005 - the year in which the second DARPA challenge featured five vehicles reaching the finish line after autonomously completing the 212 km course.

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Tighten your seatbelt and put on your gear as we take you on a awesome journey in to what would be the future of transportation with ‘Green Cars’ that are right out of flicks like Matrix or i-Robot. There are some which show the green creativity of young, modern designers while the others just show how the big boys can play when given a free hand with work. These cars do not just go on land; they fly in the air, go for a dive under the ocean and even make you wonder if they indeed are cars!! This ride just gets better with every step, so hang on to your seats and let the future come alive in front of your eyes…

1. Honda’s future akin to the Matrix!

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In Arabic, Masdar means “the source,” and the the latest development to spring from the city’s upwelling of green tech is a futuristic transit system that will serve the city’s six square kilometers. Realizing a concept straight out of sci-fi, the system consists of a fleet of solar-powered programmable vehicles that seat six and keep streets congestion free.

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