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Semicast promotes DMS and SEE (amongst others) Colin Barnden is principal analyst at Semicast Research Here's another statistic: 90 percent of all light vehicles in use on our roads and highways have no automated or assisted driving features at all�otherwise known as SAE Level 0. So rather than jumping straight to AI, Semicast advocates making human drivers into better drivers, for example with the mandatory installation of autonomous emergency braking and steering (AEB/AES) and camera-based driver monitoring systems from companies such as FotoNation, Seeing Machines and Smart Eye. Aftermarket solutions from suppliers such as EDGE3 Technologies and Guardian also exist for this technology to be installed in trucks and buses. These changes alone would be a great start to reducing fatalities and making our roads and highways safer.� Better still, these technologies are cheap enough for immediate mass market adoption, are well proven and have no liability issues. https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1333199

I like $25 million on initally selected models. That gives scope for greater value if we are added to the other models not included in this first tranche. I am tempted to frame this RNS :)

Well i hope this reassures the doubters on this board or was it just Monday blues!

Thanks for sharing Alex, v interesting. They must know all about us with the trial going on in Auz

Wisselmann: That is one reason we prefer to speak of "highly automated" rather than "autonomous" vehicles. I have another example of this: If a highly automated vehicle learns from a backend system that the weather conditions are good and there are no complex roadworks on the route, it can be driven, to a large extent, in a highly automated way. But there still needs to be a driver. They must hold a valid licence and be ready to take control at any time. Such a case meets the definition of highly automated driving. SEE will remain relevant, long into the future

BMW�s The Senior Consultant Automated Driving Dr Dirk Wisselmann lays out the driverless car strategy of the German company. Q What can be done to avoid this �complacency effect� � or should we skip Level 2 and maybe even 3 straightaway? Wisselmann: Theoretical discussions of the human-machine-interface of so called level-2 functions, for example the lane and steering control assistant, are very often critical, because these functions take away the �workload� from the driver and they degrade him only to monitor the driving task. In reality, the circumstances are different. A broad investigation of the accident behavior of one million BMW cars equipped with level 1 and 2 functions over the period from 2014 to 2017 has shown that these cars had between 15 and 60 percent less accidents than cars without any ADAS. This enormous increase in safety shows that all theoretical secondary effects like �overtrusting� are by far overcompensated. For this reason, we see the introduction of level 3 functions as an important first step. In specific driving situations the car requests the takeover of the human driver, for instance to drive through a complex working zone. Intense studies in driving simulators have shown that the driver has enough time to execute this takeover process safely. In the medium term, these level 3 functions will be replaced by level 4. Then, the driver will be able to sleep on a long distance trip on highways because the car is able to handle safely all driving situations by itself.

More to come on that I guess but it wait, whoa, wtf, I have just heard on the grapevine, we are getting bought out for 150p! Back to my sunny ideal, see you on another time zone some day. Lots of love GB2

Li Shufu is chairman of Zhejiang Geely Group, Geely Auto and Volvo Car Group. In an article in today�s Telegraph he mentions the importance of shared cooperation of tech amongst OEMs, the protection of IP and a platform Buisness model ( which can only suit our embedded chip) We need to establish a competitive edge, especially in areas covering vehicle technology and related digital applications in a practical and down-to-the-earth manner. This effort will become even more important as technological progress reshapes the business world as we know it. In the automotive industry, this will mean moving to a platform business model in which technology is increasingly shared. So traditional automakers need a self-awakening. Those willing to join hands with each other to forge proprietary digital platforms, which will can be shared and utilised by their different brands, will hold a winning formula as our sector becomes increasingly competitive. Respectful co-operation, recognising mutual independence, offers a new route to navigate this transformation. It is not without risks. With frank discussions � conducted fairly, transparently and compliant with all legal rules � we can deliver long-lasting rewards for investors and stakeholders alike.

Now I understand Maps, great analogy - but let�s hope we don�t get wiped out by poachers before our full value to the natural world has been established.

China has been the biggest car market for 10years but Companies invest there at their peril. A summary of an article from the Daily Telegraph this week �Critics of China have suggested it insists on the arrangements so that its relatively immature carmakers can learn from Western and Japanese manufacturers only to then exclude them from the market. Professor David Bailey, a car industry expert at Aston University, said: �The 50pc partnership was to extract as much technology as possible from carmakers and this easing off could signal that they have got what they needed now.�

WHL, you are quite right re your assessment. However I do believe we have plenty of news in the pipeline. Might even be a case of we have too much going on for a Company of this size. It must be very difficult negotiating with multi million pound OEM companies and similar tier 1s while trying to role out a new fleet product with huge pent up demand. Then add planes and trains and searching for a new CEO while recruiting for new engineers. I imagine the sp is left to take care of itself. I am frustrated by the lack of RNS but this has always been a long term play.

Just trying to work out who Progress Rail may be working with to see if that gives any clue as to who our first rail contract might be with. I am going for Union Pacific and with 8600 locomotives I hope I am right. UP meet the class 1 criteria that was alluded to earlier by Paul A in his recent podcast. There are a few mentions online of cooperation between the two Companies. Sample below. Just my thoughts and nothing concrete. http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/04/24-production-sd70ace-t4s-delivering-again

RFrost, when I have read similar articles in the past I have emailed the journalist directly with some helpful guidance. Perhaps fellow members of the Board may consider this approach as well? This is one of the most effective ways to build a new market in my opinion.

AI is an omnibus term for a �salad bowl� of different segments and disciplines, says Fei-Fei Li, director of Stanford�s AI Lab and an executive at Google�s cloud-computing unit. Subsections of AI include robotics, which is changing factories and assembly lines, and computer vision, used in applications from identifying something or someone in a photo to self-driving-car technology. Computer vision is AI�s �killer app�, says Ms Li, because it can be used in so many settings

Plenty happening with this company Phil. Perhaps not with the share price at the moment. I think it will change by September at least. Happy to have this price in early April to get some more ISA cover on my stock!

Waiting for BMW, that is the start of things

Sorry, but I am not impressed with this video. What did it tell me about SEE? Nothing. I was waiting for the big run through of all our successes but no, nothing. Too poncy for me. Grip it SEE, just tell the market what we do and why we are the best. Is that too difficult?? Jeez

Come on, he will have a team of analysts and an office manager reporting to him via video link to wherever in the world he is taking his leisure !

From today's Daily Telegraph MINING Gold miner Crusader plans �11m listing on London�s Aim By Jon Yeomans A MINING company looking to chase gold in Brazil is set to list on London�s junior Aim market. Crusader Resources, which is already listed in Australia, wants to raise up to �11m by floating in London. The company hopes to use the funds generated to finish a feasibility study of its Borborema project in north-eastern Brazil within a year. Crusader also plans to beef up its board with a number of former Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton executives upon listing. It has proposed Andrew Vickerman, who spent 20 years at Rio and was briefly chairman of London-listed Petropavlovsk last year, as chairman. Michael Jones, former head of UK mining at Canaccord and an ex-mining engineer, will become senior independent non-executive director. Crusader is led by Marcus Engelbrecht, a former chief financial officer of BHP�s specialty division. Mr Engelbrecht was boss of Stratex International until late last year when he lost a battle to convince shareholders to merge the Aim-quoted explorer with Crusader. A group of rebel shareholders successfully argued that the merger would �dilute Stratex�s focus on Africa and noted that Crusader was dependent on a A$1.5m (�850,000) loan from Stratex for its auditors to sign it off as a going concern. Advertisement But Mr Engelbrecht insisted Crusader already had sufficient funds to pay off the loan by April, having raised A$3.3m privately in December, and said he welcomed a second chance to develop Borborema. �There�s a lot of international interest in mining in Brazil and it�s very much the right time to be there,� he said. �These projects have been mothballed for a while but we�re now in a position to take this forward to production.� Crusader also hopes to progress two exploration projects in the west of the country, one of which Mr Engelbrecht described as a �fantastic asset�. �Every hole we put into it has come up with some gold,� he said. Crusader�s total gold resource is 2.69m ounces. The company�s biggest investor is Australian businessman Steve Copulos and the World Bank�s International �Finance Corporation holds a 4pc stake. Swipe between articles

Looks like from the names of the board members that the Chinese got the firm in the end. I wonder if any of these guys or persons linked to them had any link to the 4 firms that were interested when we were 15 p a share? Certainly interested now with a 99 % discount. Let's hope they can pit some value back into this.