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Jeff Vargas Professor Rebman

Jeff Vargas Professor Rebman. Background. Automobile Innovation history Increasing demand for new better cars Hands-off driving style Super Cruise basic features. Technology. “Lane-Centering” Technology Possible due to: Cameras Radar Ultrasonic Systems GPS

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Jeff Vargas Professor Rebman

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  1. Jeff Vargas Professor Rebman

  2. Background • Automobile Innovation history • Increasing demand for new better cars • Hands-off driving style • Super Cruise basic features

  3. Technology • “Lane-Centering” Technology • Possible due to: • Cameras • Radar • Ultrasonic Systems • GPS • Serve as Warning Systems for the car • --http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/cadillac/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Apr/0420_cadillac.html

  4. Advantages • Safer and more comfortable drive • Less prone to accidents while doing less work • Useful on open highways and bumper-to bumper traffic • Drivers “zoning out” • Driver can manually take over car if necessary • Similar to present-day cruise control system

  5. Advantages (Cont.) • Gives drivers new features that other cruise control systems do not have

  6. Disadvantages • Cameras may not sense lane markings • Lane markings fade with time • Snow and rain interfere with cameras/sensors • Drivers may not feel system is necessary • Do not drive very long distances • Drivers may not feel comfortable • Failure of system

  7. Significance of Super Cruise • People looking for new innovations • Drivers may feel safer on long car rides • Next step toward electronically augmented driving • --http://www.motorauthority. • com/news/1076922_cadillac- • to-offer-hands-off-supercruise- • driving-very-soon

  8. Works Cited • Cowell, K.C. "Cadillac’s Super Cruise: Baby Steps Towards Autonomous Driving."Cadillac’s Super Cruise: Baby Steps Towards Autonomous Driving. Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://blog.caranddriver.com/cadillacs-super-cruise-baby-steps-towards-autonomous-driving/ • Voelcker, John. "Cadillac To Offer Hands-Off 'SuperCruise' Driving...Very Soon."Motor Authority. Motor Authority, 13 June 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1076922_cadillac-to-offer-hands-off-supercruise-driving-very-soon • Sabatini, Jeff. "Watch Cadillac's New Semi-autonomous Super Cruise in Action."Autoblog. Autoblog, 30 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.autoblog.com/2012/04/30/watch-cadillacs-new-semi-autonomous-super-cruise-in-action/. • Popa, Bogdan. "Cadillac's Super Cruise System Detailed." - Autoevolution. Auto Evolution, 12 May 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://www.autoevolution.com/news/cadillac-s-super-cruise-system-detailed-44874.html.

  9. Works Cited • Boyle, Rebecca. "Cadillac's 'Super Cruise' Mode Will Keep You In Your Lane Automatically." Popular Science. Popular Science, 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2012-04/cadillac’s-‘super-cruise’-will-make-luxury-cars-even-more-luxurious>. • Williams, Casey. "Cadillac Super Cruise Gets Us Closer to Driverless Cars." Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-15/classified/sc-cons-1011-autotips-cadillac-super-cruise-20121015_1_cruise-control-driverless-cars-xts>. • Howard, Bill. "Cadillac Promises Self-driving Cars by 2015." ExtremeTech. ExtremeTech, 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. <http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/126841-cadillac-promises-self-driving-cars-by-2015>. • General Motors. "Self-Driving Car in Cadillac's Future." News United States. News United States, 20 Apr. 2012. Web. 16 Apr. 2013. http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/cadillac/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Apr/0420_cadillac.html.

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