Four forward-looking technologies embraced by the automotive sector that will change the way people travel

The automotive field is closely embracing technology, and technological innovation is triggering a new round of competition in the automotive industry.

Remember when I was a kid, I watched an American drama called "Breaking Bad", and in that era through the movie, people had already begun to look ahead to the future of the car.

Careful you will find, whether it is Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, or tense and exciting spy movies, seem to be inseparable from a variety of high-tech cars, those who exist in the imagination of the so-called "black science and technology", the audience's first feeling is the reality of the impossibility of existence. But with the continuous development and progress of technology, cutting-edge automotive technology is getting closer and closer to reality, especially the black technology of the automobile in the science fiction movie, has been slowly from the virtual to reality.

In the current era of mobile Internet, the car is no longer just a travel tool, but also represents a lifestyle. Whether it's the auto show or the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), car companies are constantly refreshing our perception of the "car" by integrating the latest technology in the automotive field to build an intelligent mobile lifestyle in the future. Technology plays an extremely important role in this, and most traditional car companies are actively adjusting their strategies to explore how cars and technology can be better integrated.

Today, Mara will take a look at some of the automotive black technologies that are slowly approaching us, and how they will change the way we travel.

L5-level autonomous driving

Autonomous driving is still in the development stage in the automotive field, and more manufacturers have reached L2-level autonomous driving, and individual manufacturers have reached L3-level autonomous driving. Autopilot is currently a hot hype in the automobile circle, whether it is a newly launched model or a mid-cycle model, as long as it is equipped with L2 level autopilot, this will be used as a selling point. In a specific environment and road to assist the driver to complete the control, although you can not grasp the steering wheel for a short period of time, but can not be distracted in the slightest, ready to respond to special circumstances to take over the driving. In fact, the current L2, L3 level can not be counted as the real meaning of automatic driving, at most automatic driving assistance system.

And the future will be commonly used in our lives in the automatic driving, is the L5 level of the true meaning of automatic driving, the vehicle will be controlled by the computer to realize the liberation of the driver's hands, you can even work in the car, sleep, do not have to worry about the need to take over the driving at any time.

However, at present, the L5 level in the country in a short period of time is still very difficult to realize, after all, we have to consider more than all aspects of the factors, standardized urban traffic network, pedestrian traffic safety awareness of the full compliance and so on, however, the automatic driving in the near future will be gradually realized, and at that time, it will change the way of travel for all people.

Biometrics

Biometrics is an information system that identifies a person based on some of their key physiological and behavioral characteristics. It is based on a hardware system used for data collection that integrates software components that allow performing data analysis and reconstructing the person's identity and recognizing them through mathematical algorithms.

While biometrics are no stranger to the automotive world today, they have yet to gain popularity. But you'll see plenty of biometrics in the cars of the future, when we'll say goodbye to car keys and vehicle start buttons. Instead, we'll have fingerprints, facial recognition, and a host of other biometrics. At the same time, the full application of biometrics will also provide real-time monitoring of the driver's physical condition, which will better anticipate risks and protect the driver. A few car companies have already adopted biometrics to reduce accidents caused by distracted or tired drivers.

Brain-computer interface technology

Turning on a TV set, driving a car or controlling a robot with your mind are scenes that often appear in sci-fi movies, but in fact, in the next 20 years, controlling a machine with our brains will be a very common thing.

This requires "brain-computer interface" technology, which is currently a relatively cutting-edge research direction. 2017, the U.S. technology maniac Elon Musk set up the Neuralink company (Neuralink), a technology enterprise is committed to connecting the human brain with computers, so that we can communicate with any device with a computer chip at any time and anywhere. computer chip.In 2018, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is also planning to develop next-generation brain-computer interface technology with the aim of improving the capabilities of military personnel. This is because brain-computer interface technology allows military personnel to control devices such as drones through their brains, as well as enhance their memory, among other things.

Imagine in the future, you just need to think about where you want to go, through the chip will be your ideas transmitted in the car computer, the computer will automatically help you to plan out the route, with the self-driving technology of the collaborative work, you will be sent to the place you want to think of, is not the thought of it is very cool.

Intelligent highway

To realize automation, intelligent highway has become a current condition, the future of the intelligent highway may be paved with a special material, and such a special material can be transmitted in real time on the highway driving car vehicle information, road surface information, traffic conditions and so on.

The relevant technical personnel depicted the future of the "intelligent highway" of the bright prospects: in the morning, the driver started the car engine, the car high-power computers are also opened at the same time, and then from a series of the Earth's fixed-point satellites there to receive information. After the car on the road, the position detector began to work, the TV monitor at any time to indicate the location of the car driving.

The on-board computer analyzes and processes information from the urban network of traffic-monitoring equipment on the highway. The instrument screen then shows five routes to the office, and at the press of a button, the screen displays a red outline of the best route. In this way, it effectively helps vehicles to improve driving safety and also reduces traffic congestion to a large extent.

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At present, the major car companies are sparing no effort in the development of forward-looking technologies, as it is likely that a small configuration function or technical innovation will set off a new trend of the times. One of the most popular and most people are optimistic about is the combination of the product and AI, but also after the car is gradually intelligent, you can achieve self-driving and other lofty applications, perhaps in the current recognition, the implementation of the degree is still facing many problems, but the realization of that day is not far away from us.

With the above technical barriers gradually broken, the automotive industry will usher in a new industrial competition, at that time, the first to realize the above technology mass production of car companies, or will have a higher right to speak and industry competitiveness.

This article was written by the author of Automotive Home, and does not represent the viewpoint of Automotive Home.