Kevin Ashton, Founder of MIT’s Auto-ID Centre, has predicted that we will all own autonomous vehicles by 2030. The technology is already here. the question should be: are human-driven cars safe? Google and Toyota, among others, are shooting to get self-driving cars in consumers' driveways by 2020 , so accounting for gradual adoption and the long life cycle of vehicle ownership, Ashton might not be too far off. The answer is no…”. Furthermore, Ashton also believes that Uber is a step ahead in the future of motoring, as it can already claim to be an Internet of Things (IoT) service, he calls it "a sensor platform on wheels," because it uses two pieces of sensor data: where you and your smartphone are and where the nearest car is, to provide the service you need.
Kevin Ashton, Founder of MIT’s Auto-ID Centre, has predicted that we will all own autonomous vehicles by 2030. The technology is already here. the question should be: are human-driven cars safe? The answer is no…”. Furthermore, Ashton also believes that Uber is a step ahead in the future of motoring, as it can already claim to be an Internet of Things (IoT) service, he calls it "a sensor platform on wheels," because it uses two pieces of sensor data: where you and your smartphone are and where the nearest car is, to provide the service you need.