Chinese researchers tested whether monitoring passengers' brain activity could help self-driving systems make safer decisions ...

We like driving—but we don't particularly enjoy driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic or on long highway slogs. Hands-free systems are here to help, and we're here to help you understand their ...

A young man sitting in an autonomous car. An autonomous vehicle is broadly defined as one equipped with technology that senses the conditions around it, including traffic, pedestrians, and physical ...

There has been incremental, but steady, progress in the development of self-driving cars. Some form of driver-assistance technology focused on safety is now inside most new vehicles. The Society of ...

Let's borrow an analogy from another domain that has wrestled with automation, trust and safety: self-driving cars.

In places like San Francisco, Phoenix and Las Vegas, robot taxis are navigating city streets, each without a driver behind the steering wheel. Some don’t even have steering wheels: But cars like this ...

Does Iowa law allow drivers to use headphones while traveling? Here's what you should know about the state's hands-free ...

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This article was updated in November 2025. Driving gloves have a history of being essential for everyday driving, up until the last 60 years or so. Designed to combat kickback and the discomfort of ...

Live Science spoke with Dr. Joe Alexander of NTT Research about "digital twins" and the development of an autonomous device ...

Carol Hawley received funding from the Department for Transport for this study and has received funding from IAM RoadSmart for a previous similar study. Being able to drive well into old age provides ...

Many in Silicon Valley promised that self-driving cars would be a common sight by 2021. Now the industry is resetting expectations and settling in for years of more work. By Cade Metz It was seven ...