Urban Mobility
Smartphones could soon be used instead of rail tickets if an experiment by Chiltern Railways is successful. The rail network wants to pilot a ticketing system that scans people’s phones to detect when they get on and off a train. Each journey’s fare is calculated and deducted from the user’s bank account. The tests are scheduled for 2017 and the
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The $150 million investment will allow Velodyne to expand development and drive down cost LiDAR sensors Ford Motor Co. and Chinese web-service provider Baidu Inc. are leading a $150 million investment in laser-sensor maker Velodyne Inc., the latest in a series of bets being placed by car makers and tech companies to advance autonomous-driving technology. The investment will allow the California-based Velodyne to expand
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