The ultimate show-me car
The fifth installment in the CES Cars of Fame series. Our inductee for this week: a most bodacious Bentley.It's one thing to say you can do something. It's another thing to prove it. Which helps...
View ArticleThe wraps are off! First look at the new QNX technology concept car
A quick tour of one of the vehicles that QNX is unveiling at 2014 CESYou know what? Writing this post isn’t easy. All I’ve got are words and pictures, and neither could ever do justice to the user...
View ArticleThe QNX sound machine at CES
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of attending the Consumer Electronics Show, you’ll know that it’s a crowded place full of lights and noise. In the automotive North Hall, much of the cacophony comes...
View ArticleQNX at CES: a key fob on steroids
Have you ever wished that your key fob could do more than lock and unlock doors, and chirp your horn? If so, you’ll be interested in some great tech that QNX Software Systems has developed in...
View Article"I want one"
Yesterday, I bemoaned that words and pictures could never capture the unique experience of being in one of the new QNX technology concept cars. But you know what? Video comes a little bit closer. Of...
View ArticleIn good company: QNX partner solutions at 2014 CES
Guest post by Peter McCarthy of the QNX global partnerships teamPeter McCarthyIf anyone thinks that creating an infotainment system is easy, they obviously haven’t thought about it hard enough. It is,...
View ArticleQNX at CES: The media’s take
No, CES isn’t over yet. But the technology concept cars showcased in the QNX booth have already stoked the interest of journalists attending the event — and even of some not attending the event. So...
View ArticleQNX acoustics technology shortlisted for 2014 embedded AWARD
Okay, first things first. I didn't get the capitalization wrong. The name of the award really is spelled that way. I thought it odd at first, but I'm getting used to it. And besides, who am I to...
View ArticleHead to the polls and vote for your favorite CES Car of Fame
Over the last couple of months we have recapped the stars of the QNX garage – our technology concept cars and reference vehicle — in the CES Cars of Fame series. And now, we are opening the floor to...
View ArticleMy top 10 QNX Auto posts from 2013
Normally, people write this kind of post at the beginning or end of a calendar year. But as an old friend once said, “Paul defines his own kind of normal.” He may have been right, I don’t know. What I...
View ArticleWhy I should have gone to CES this year
No problem, I said, I'll be happy to stay back at the office. After all, somebody has to hold down the fort while everyone is at CES, and it may as well be me.Of course, I didn't know what Audi was...
View ArticleFrankenstein and the future networked car
So what do Frankenstein and the future networked car have in common, you ask? Simple: both are compelling stories brought to life in Geneva, Switzerland.In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the creature is...
View ArticleWhen is a road trip not a road trip?
The über-cool modified Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG that QNX unveiled at CES is on its inaugural road trip. Well, sort of. It's actually winging its way to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2014. For...
View ArticleQNX drives home (quietly) with embedded award
Every year, the organizers of the Embedded World conference hold the embedded AWARDs to recognize the most innovative software, hardware, and tools for embedded developers. And this year, they selected...
View ArticleSelf-driving cars? We had ‘em back in ‘56
Quick: What involves four-part harmony singing, control towers in the middle of the desert, and a dude smoking a fat stogie? Give up? It's the world of self-driving cars, as envisioned in 1956.No...
View ArticleTackling fragmentation with a standard vehicle information API
Tina JeffreyHas it been a year already? In February 2013 QNX Software Systems became a contributing member of the W3C’s Automotive Web Platform Business Group, which is dedicated to accelerating the...
View ArticleCrowd-sourced maps: the future of in-car navigation?
Guest post by Daniel Gast, innovation manager, Elektrobit AutomotiveCrowdsourcing has become a major trend. Even McDonald’s has been getting into the act, asking consumers to submit new ideas for...
View ArticleMy next car will know when I'm in a good mood
It will also know when I'm sad, grumpy, or just plain mad. Okay, it won't quite figure it out on its own — I will have to tell it. How will my car get so smart? Because Gracenote has been working to...
View ArticleQNX helps drive new autonomous vehicle project
Have I ever mentioned the QNX-in-Education program? Over the decades, it has supported an array of university research projects, in fields ranging from humanoid robotics to autonomous aircraft. Harvard...
View Article12 autonomous car articles worth reading
You know what's fascinating about autonomous cars? Everything. They raise as many questions as they do answers, and many of those questions drive right to the heart of how we see ourselves and the...
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