IBM News room – 2017-03-30 IBM Patents Cognitive System to Manage Self-Driving Vehicles – United States

IBM Patents Cognitive System to Manage Self-Driving Vehicles

Invention expands IBM’s portfolio of patents on autonomous vehicles

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Armonk, N.Y. – thirty Mar 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its scientists have been granted a patent around a machine learning system that can dynamically shift control of an autonomous vehicle inbetween a human driver and a vehicle control processor in the event of a potential emergency, providing a safety measure that can contribute to accident prevention. Contine reading

I-5 Skagit Sea Bridge collapse

I-5 Skagit Sea Bridge collapse

The I-5 Skagit Sea Bridge collapse occurred on May 23, 2013, in the state of Washington, in the northwestern United States. At approximately 7:00 pm PDT, one bridge span carrying Interstate five over the Skagit Sea collapsed into the sea below. Three people in two different vehicles fell with the span; they were rescued by boat and did not sustain serious injury. Contine reading