The computers - I think he's right about one part of it, which is that we can't guarantee that a computer in a car won't fail, and there are many, you know, ways for extremely complex systems to fail ...

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 ...

NEW YORK--These days, that new-car smell more than likely has a hint of silicon. Mechanical engineering hasn't been pushed off pole position in the car industry--yet. But one glance at the 50 concept ...

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 ...

New cars today are loaded with high-tech features for car shoppers. But with those advancements come questions about driver privacy, said Ivan Drury, the director of insights at Edmunds, a car site.

Ford and Bug Labs announced today they are creating a platform that will encourage users to modify computers in the automaker’s future cars, bringing together the creativity of computer hackers and ...

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 ...

Most public safety computer users don’t run out of hard drive space unless they’re storing a lot of music, video, or photos on the drives. Other data files don’t take up all that much space. To see ...