Is Software Spoiling Us Innovations in Daily Life from Software
Abstract
A lot of people that know me have heard me tell this; Im not fortunate enough to own a Tesla. I wish I was, but in 2014, there were tens of thousands of Teslas made that had adaptive cruise control. Pretty cool technology if youve ever been in a car with adaptive cruise control. It is a really neat innovation that keeps you safe and keeps you at the right/same distance behind somebody.Two years later, while those cars were tucked in in their garages, nestled, silently for the night, an over-the-air software update happened that gave them like almost complete self-driving capability, at least on the highway, anyway. It is not full self-driving, but it was two years after those cars were produced, a software update allowed a significant increase in their capability, and I am just floored by that, that we are able to do that now. No technician came to the house, no new sensors were added, no new hardware, nobody bent more metal.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1118397
Entities
People
- Eliezer Kanal
- Grace Lewis
- Jeff Boleng
- Joseph D Yankel
- Satya Venneti
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University