How exactly are 360° bird's eye camera views made?

No, there’s not a downward-facing camera hanging from a 20-foot pole attached to the top of cars with a 360° system.

There’s neither a drone always hovering above your vehicle, nor a satellite tracking you from 12,000 miles up. So exactly how is the monitor on your dash getting that perfect vehicle overview?

Though every other new make and model vehicle is being released with a 360 camera, from the Camry to the Silverado, it’s probably not clear to the average person how those signature birds-eye images are actually produced.

It’s a little bit...

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These 4 Popular Vehicles Are The Deadliest On The Road

Kevin Anderson - August 18, 2021 128

The results of our search for the “deadliest vehicles” on the road today in America came as no shock to us.

In fact, there’s a high chance that the person reading (and writing) this has either driven or owned one of the vehicles on the list.

In no particular order, we’ve singled out some of the deadliest in each of the vehicle categories, from a study done by Value Penguin.

Some of these might ring very close to home, as their popularity definitely plays a part in the high accident rates just by default .

Ford F Series

Ford trucks like the F-150 and its family of pickups are among the most popular...

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This Semi Truck Just Drove Itself

Kevin Anderson - August 10, 2021 91

IT’S A GAME CHANGER.

Ready or not, the future of the trucking industry may have just seismically shifted!

In what’s possibly the greatest single milestone achieved by a self-driving truck thus far, California’s autonomous driving technology company Plus.ai just completed the very first demonstration of Level 4 truck automation on a highway.

For reference, the levels of vehicle automation range from 0-6, with 0 being no automation at all (most vehicles on the road today), 2 being ADAS (vehicle steers & accelerates with a human monitor who’s able to take control anytime), and 5 being full on...

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4 of the Deadliest Roads In America

Kevin Anderson - August 03, 2021 379

Many of us may not have a choice in the matter, but the rest of us will want to stay far from driving down any of these highways by the end of this article.

While there can be any number of qualifiers to base this list on, a death count is usually the most poignant indicator of danger.

That being said, these are the worst offenders:

Interstate 4 In Tampa, FL

The notoriously dangerous I-4 between Tampa and Daytona Beach is the deadliest in the nation according to many lists, with 1.2 deaths per mile for its 130-mile-long stretch. The deadliest city along this highway? Orlando, home to the...