Autonomous Vehicles




Beltway Science show

Summary: @BeltwayScience facebook.com/BeltwayScience BeltwayScience@gmail.com Participants: Ben Isaacoff, PhD, Physicist (@bpisaacoff) 2018-2019 Legislative Branch Fellow at the US Senate Ben Zalisko, PhD, Biochemist (@benzalisko) 2018-2019 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Defense Sujata Emani, MD, Chemist (@SassySujE) 2018-2019 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy Dr. Laura Van Berkel, PhD, Social Psychologist (@Laura_VanBerkel) 2018-2019 Executive Branch Fellow at the National Science Foundation On this episode, we discuss the different levels of automated driving systems and what a fast-approaching world of self-driving cars could look like. What will this tech disrupt? What are the legal and moral challenges? As always, enjoy the fake ads and happy-hour chatter. Links: Issue overview: https://www.law.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2351/f/downloads/Stick-Shift-Autonomous-Vehicles-Driving-Jobs-and-the-Future-of-Work.pdf City planning: http://www.transpogroup.com/assets/planning-for-autonomous-mobility.pdf Chris Urmson Ted talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_urmson_how_a_driverless_car_sees_the_road?language=en Sujata's dino chatter: https://www.livescience.com/64348-italian-alps-dinosaur.html Ben Z's feather chatter: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0728-7 Ben I's chatter about space birth: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/space-childbirth-babies/579064/ Laura's chatter about mis-information: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau4586