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You completely ignore the elevated probability of an early bid for FOG's 30%. This will happen at some stage. When will it happen? I have no idea, but it will happen. To try and trade in and out of FOG at this point is myopic. INPEX could come in with a bid. Origin? Santos?

Yes, the upcoming drilling program may prove unconvincing and therefore we may see some price degradation but that's the nature of investing in companies that drill for oil, gas and other natural resources. If you hit pay, you're laffin' and if you don't yer cryin'. The solution is simple. Don't expose your capital to equity stock in companies that drill for oil and gas

I'm not an expert in very much at all but I do appreciate that the Amungee discovery opened up something special and that something special contains commercial worth which hasn't yet been released from FOG. A bid would release that value to FOG shareholders

I am guided by Jemena and their pipelines plans for NT expansion. They appear even more excited about Beetaloo than anyone I have researched

Consumers want onboard cameras that go beyond recording the road ahead, according to Google’s auto trend data, and that’s precisely what car makers are offering.

With 16 cameras and sensors, the 2019 Kia K900 was built to eliminate blind spots. Cameras on the outside of the car offer a clear view of your blind spots on the digital dashboard.

The 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLS SUV uses forward-scanning cameras and mapping data to tilt the car into corners for a smoother ride on and off-road. Mercedes says it "ensures superior suspension comfort, agile handling and good off-road capabilities."

In 2016, the Cadillac CT6 introduced a video recording system for added sedan security and a head tracking system that helps make sure your eyes stay on the road. Captured footage is stored on a standard SD card in the truck of the vehicle.

Cameras might also soon be able to reduce risky behaviour.

Volvo announced in March that it “believes intoxication and distraction should be addressed by installing in-car cameras and other sensors that monitor the driver and allow the car to intervene.”

Early next year, the company will be installing in-cabin cameras in all of its vehicles.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to explain why there’s a tiny camera installed above the rearview mirror in Model 3s.

Musk said that the camera will help the Palo Alto-based company compete with ride-sharing giants in the future.

"It’s there for when we start competing with Uber/Lyft & people allow their car to earn money for them as part of the Tesla shared autonomy fleet. In case someone messes up your car, you can check the video," Musk said in a tweet.
How permanent are the cameras?

Unlike dashboard cameras you can stick on your windshield, automakers are building extra sets of eyes directly into the car’s body.

So one of the only ways to avoid them if you want 21st-century vehicle safety is to buy a car that doesn’t use them or opt-out of optional advanced safety features.

However, finding a new vehicle that doesn't have at least one onboard camera may be more difficult as time goes on.

New cars sold in the U.S. are required to have backup cameras to help drivers avoid accidents under a federal regulation that took effect last year.

The regulation requires rearview cameras and video displays on all new models to prevent accidents in which pedestrians are run over because a driver can't see them as they back up their vehicles.

The global automotive camera market is expected to almost double in the next 6 years, increasing to a 15 billion-dollar industry, according to a new global forecast report by Research and Markets.

Worried about privacy? Some cameras, like the rearview mirror camera on Tesla cars, come with a sliding panel so you can cover it up if you're worried about being watched.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/ownership/where-are-the-cameras-in-your-car-and-what-are-they-looking-for/ar-AAFcgUA?li=AAgfYrD

Where are the cameras in your car and what are they looking for?
Dalvin Brown - 6 hrs ago

In 2018, drivers asked for hi-tech, onboard cameras and now they’re getting them.

From upgraded blind spot cams to facial recognition software installed in the dash, cars on display are equipped with several sets of digital eyes that can improve vehicle security, safety and convenience.

Some of the cameras can help propel cars closer toward an autonomous future by enabling the vehicle to see what's around it. Others are installed to combat drunk driving by analyzing the driver's face and behaviour.

Last year, onboard cameras were on the top of motorists' wishlists, according to auto trends search data released by Google. Auto companies like Kia, BMW, Tesla and General Motors are positioning themselves to meet the increasing demand.

Where are the cameras?

Almost everywhere.

Cadillac's new CT5 compact sedan has a hands-free driving assistant that can navigate most U.S. highways on its own, as long as the driver stays attentive. Unveiled at the auto show, there's a camera on top of the steering column that monitors the driver’s awareness.

The 2020 Hyundai Sonata, which made its first stop in North America at the auto show, has five cameras installed throughout the car – four of which are used to provide the driver with an enhanced bird’s eye view of the vehicle’s exterior.

The sedan has front-facing cameras, mirror-mounted cameras, a rearview camera and ultrasonic sensors that project sound waves to detect the proximity of objects to the vehicle.

BMW has an optional driver monitoring camera in its new 2019 X5 SUV. The video camera is mounted in the digital dashboard as part of BMW’s Extended Traffic Jam Assistant system to make sure the driver is paying attention to the road ahead.

Tesla cars are also bespeckled with cameras, both internally and externally.

Eight surround-cameras give new Tesla's 360 degrees of visibility, helping the semi-autonomous cars see the world around them.

Where do images, videos and data end up?

Some go straight to the manufacturer.

With all these cameras and sensors, modern cars can collect details about driving habits that some automakers use for future innovations like digital road maps that can help with autonomous driving.

BMW, for example, provides real-time vehicle data to the mapping software company HERE. The data is being used to develop a range of connected vehicle services, according to HERE.

Some of the data and images never leave the car.

The computers on Tesla vehicles house information that drivers voluntarily save. The information can be erased through a factory reset.

Still, the autonomous car maker came under scrutiny last month after a hacker discovered that Teslas found in junkyards still contained the driver’s stored videos, location and navigational data.

Getting data from your own Tesla after a wreck requires that you buy a proprietary cable that

August 1 2019 - 1:00PM
Jemena signs deal to build Galilee Basin pipeline

https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/6304702/jemena-signs-deal-to-build-galilee-basin-pipeline/

Final two paragraphs -

A Jemena spokesperson said the aim was to ultimately connect to the NGP, however the build schedule reflects the maturity of the various gas fields.

"We're building this first because the Glenaras Gas Project is expected to come online before NT's Beetaloo Basin - so the infrastructure is needed there first," the spokesperson said.

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''Glenaras Gas Project is expected to come online before NT's Beetaloo Basin''.............Beetaloo is fundamental to Jemena's plans for the NT

Beetaloo commercialisation is a fait accompli imho

Mary Barra - ' I know you said not necessarily Super Cruise, but I think the game-changing nature of Super Cruise also I think is very important that we're committed to and growing the feature and functionality of it.'
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Cadillac is also expanding the functionality and range of its Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance technology in the U.S. and Canada. We are adding 70,000 miles of compatible divided highway. By year-end CT6 owners will be able to operate Super Cruise on 200,000 miles of highway. More than 85% of current CT6 owners said that for future vehicle consideration, they would prefer or only consider a vehicle equipped with Super Cruise.

Itay Michaeli

'That's helpful. I just had a quick one, the last question, Mary. Just given the feedback you cited earlier on the Super Cruise system, any change in plans on number of vehicles? Or how quickly you might roll out the Super Cruise system? Or how you might go to market with the next-generation Ultra Cruise system?'

Mary Barra

'So, I would just appreciate the question. And we're really excited about Super Cruise. In my career, rarely do you see a feature in technology that has such a strong support from the customers saying, I would strongly prefer this technology to be on my next car or I won't buy a car without it. So that I think is a really good endorsement of the way the technology works and the benefit and value it provides to the customer.

So we are in the process of rolling it out across all Cadillacs and then we'll look for the right opportunities as we roll it out across more segments and brands in our portfolio. And we'll do that as quickly as we can, but making sure that we're focused on the safety and quality of it as we do that.

And then, as you mentioned with Ultra Cruise, this is a technology you saw us continue to improve it with the number of places you can use it. We're going to continue to add capability. And we're very excited about it and the road map that we have. So we'll be rolling it out as quickly as we can, with again having a strong focus on safety.'

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4280314-general-motors-company-gm-ceo-mary-barra-q2-2019-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=single

OM - brilliant investigative work

Senate on 30/07/2019

Senator McMAHON (Northern Territory) (14:58): What is the gas potential of the Northern Territory? How will this important industry create more jobs in the Top End?

Photo of MP Senator CANAVAN (Queensland—Minister for Resources and Northern Australia and Deputy Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (14:58): People who are smarter than me have estimated that something like 178,000 petajoules of gas is potentially there in the Beetaloo Sub-basin. What does it mean? To lay people like myself and probably most of the people listening or watching at the moment, that means there is around 200 years of supply. Around 200 years of east coast supply is potentially there in the Beetaloo Sub-basin. It is a huge resource. Estimates are that there would be something in the order of 6,500 jobs. It would have a real income impact of $2.8 billion for the Northern Territory and around $9 billion Australia for a whole. I want to play up here that it is not just the benefits to the Northern Territory. There are potentially liquids in the basin as well. We haven't really exploited a major liquid fuel basin since the Bass Strait in the 1960s. We have declining liquid fuel security. Opportunities like this are essential to help us secure our energy needs for Australia and secure the safety of our nation as well.
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What more can be done to meet Australia's long-term gas needs and reduce gas prices for Australian households and businesses?

We have also signed a memorandum of understanding with the Northern Territory government to make sure we work together in the development of this resource for the benefit of Australia. In particular, we would love to see the development not just of a oil and gas industry onshore in the Northern Territory, but also the use of that oil and gas in places like Darwin where there's enormous potential to grow a manufacturing industry, with the fantastic Asian-facing port they have there in the Northern Territory. It's a very exciting development and the federal government is working in lock step with Northern Territorians to see development in their interests.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/68080ee8-defa-4a65-b013-217acd517499/&sid=0045

By Mike Lenné, chief scientific officer, Human Factors on August 1, 2019

2. A related issue lies with the Human Machine Interface (HMI), or simply, how and when should you inform the driver of their impaired state to achieve the desired change in behavior? This is particularly the case for drowsiness, where our own research has shown that a number of levels of feedback to the driver are required to maximally reduce the rate of drowsy driving events. A key issue impacting system effectiveness is around measurement thresholds and parameters, and systems with low specificity may have high false positive rates.

3. What should the testing protocols be for this technology? Driver monitoring is a technology that monitors the state of the driver with the intention of managing driver attention. We have seen from our experience in automotive OEM production programs that a fundamentally new and different approach to technology validation is required. Key issues to consider here include the test scenarios, driver characteristics, how to elicit driver states such as distraction, drowsiness and engagement in a testing protocol, what methods to use to measure them, and, of course what the performance standards should be.

The future of automotive safety

Many regions in the world are striving to implement variants of the Vision Zero philosophy first implemented in Swedish Parliament in 1997. New technologies such as driver monitoring are acknowledged in European Commission documents to hold great promise in reducing road injury. How these technologies are designed and implemented will determine whether they have minimal or maximum benefits in terms of driver support and injury reductions. The issues noted herein must be carefully considered if driver monitoring technology is to have a hope of achieving near its maximum benefit in reducing road injury.

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https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/features/reducing-road-injury-from-policy-to-practice.html

There is a huge drive by governments, regulatory bodies, academia and the automotive industry to introduce new measures to improve vehicle and road user safety. The case is obvious – the number of global road traffic deaths is estimated at 1.35 million each year with a fatality every 24 seconds. Focusing on preventable incidents – such as those caused by distraction and drowsiness – reveals the need to consider new approaches.

A driver monitoring system (DMS), or occupant status monitoring, is one of the new safety measures that will be introduced into vehicles as an active safety measure. It serves as a front-line ADAS that leverages cameras or other sensors to monitor driver behavior and assist in driver attention management. It is a recommended strategy to managing the risks associated with distracted and drowsy driving in non-automated vehicles, a future requirement for automated vehicles, and is a necessary solution to meet international goals for reducing road trauma.

Driver monitoring technologies standards

Monitoring the state of the driver is a primary safety measure for all forms of vehicle use. Driver monitoring can potentially be done using different sensor inputs, such as steering behavior using a steering wheel torque sensor. However, there is wide consensus that camera-based driver monitoring is the best approach.

Driver monitoring-based technology, and support for it, is not a new concept brought on by the automated vehicle craze. In fact, usage of driver monitoring technology dates back to 2007 when Toyota and Lexus deployed systems in consumer vehicles to aid collision avoidance. More recently, governmental support has grown. Euro NCAP has, in its 2025 Vision Zero roadmap, specified use of safety features including DMS. This approach has been further substantiated by European Parliament direction, which has called for mandatory installation of DMS, along with automatic emergency braking and lane keeping assistant.

Three considerations for driver monitoring technologies

Clearly, there is a recognized industry need for driver monitoring to support safer road use in both automated and traditional non-automated driving modes. This need is evident through several EU-level proposals that call for the mandating of this technology.

There are, however, many questions and issues that need to be addressed to help move the industry from policy to practice:

1. What should the minimum viable technology concepts be? Drowsy and distracted driver states can be defined and measured in different ways – how they’re defined and operationalized, and the implications of different approaches, is a critical first question that needs to be addressed.

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/08/gm-ceo-mary-barra-mentions-ultra-cruise-during-q2-earnings-call/

GM CEO Mary Barra Mentions Ultra Cruise During Q2 Earnings Call
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BY SAM MCEACHERN — AUG 1, 2019

Off out so no more L2 updates which, no doubt, will be a blessed relief for some!

LW - good luck

can we break 15p today?

3 v 4 now!

2 v 5 (50k v 125k)

another auto-contract and we'll blast thru 5p

buying picking up again

Only 1 v 1 so nowt on the offer - 100k either side

6 v 1 - best order book for FOG in many a month

5 v 1....roar!!!!!!!!!!

5 v 2 now....on the runway with engines roaring

4 v 3 (100k v 65k)

she's gonna go for it