Self-Driving · September 2020Gaffe level: Skynet
Uber's Safety Driver Was Charged With Homicide
Arizona prosecutors charged Uber's backup driver with negligent homicide over the 2018 crash that killed Elaine Herzberg, the first fatality involving a self-driving test car. The vehicle was driving itself at the time.
Source: Reuters
SkyFall's StarGate Drone Evacuated Two Wounded Soldiers From the Front Line
Ukraine's 475th Separate Assault Regiment says it used the purpose-built StarGate drone to evacuate two seriously wounded soldiers in the space of a week, flying one casualty nearly 20 miles to reach him and about the same distance back. Ground vehicles could not reach the men because of water obstacles and attack-drone threats, and the covered, medical-grade stretcher module kept each casualty protected in flight. The regiment now plans a dedicated aerial medical evacuation unit, turning one-off rescues into a repeatable capability.
Source: The War Zone