If you drive a newer car, chances are it's controlled to a surprising extent by computers. Slate's technology columnist Farhad Manjoo says don't be afraid of the computers under the hood — they're far ...

Modern cars are rolling computers packed with sensors, cameras, microphones, and always-on connectivity, yet the people who ...

New cars today are loaded with high-tech features for car shoppers, from their own operating systems to navigation and remote unlock. But with those advancements come questions about driver privacy, ...

Here's what drives cars of the '80sâ the Electronic Computer Module(ECM).Typical GM unit has an analog board to run sensors, digital board for"thinking" and memory. Removable PROM(at left)calibrates ...

A Stanford-designed hybrid optical-electrical computer designed specifically for image analysis could be ideal for autonomous vehicles. Image recognition for autonomous cars and aerial drones rely on ...

Howdy,<BR><BR>I have to support 30+ computers that have been installed in cars, and one of the problems popping up is the computers are killing the car battery, many times causing the computer to ...

Sadly, nothing new in the computer world remains new for long. In 1965, Gordon Moore (one of the founders of Intel Corporation) published a paper predicting that computing power would double every two ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. These days, cars are computer centers on wheels. Today’s vehicles can ...