Over the past few years, the topic of Artificial Intelligence has been on the lips of many people around the globe. The possibilities of AI-powered systems are limitless, which is the reason for its heavy demand and interest. The infusion of AIs into various sectors of the economy would not just create a fast, efficient, and effective working process but will also aid in ensuring safety and accountability, depending on how it is utilized. Several AI innovations have emerged in recent years to aid in everyday activities and unique platforms such as SafetyConnect have risen to help unlock the world of safe driving for employees of large enterprises. SafetyConnect is an AI-powered Field Force Driving and Work Safety Suit for enterprises.

Distracted driving and drowsy driving can be be dangerous and even fatal, but technologies like the ... [ ] KeepTruckin AI Dashcam can help monitor behavior and protect everyone. It can be very dangerous to drive on the highway. Vehicles are driving at a high rate of speed--many making poor decisions in the moment. Accidents--often fatal--are a regular occurrence and frequently result from drowsy or distracted drivers. KeepTruckin hopes to reduce the danger and improve safety for truck drivers with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).

Well the answer lies within the fact that the majority of road accidents stem from the driver's lack of concentration. Instead of requiring AI that scrutinizes data at high speeds, we need AI that can monitor our general driving performance and is able to inform the driver when they are driving dangerously. Logistics company, GC, based in SE Asia developed a system in 2019 which used facial recognition AI to detect whether the driver was distracted, drowsy or unfit to drive in real time and would alert the driver if this wasn't the case. Furthermore, US-based Netradyne is currently developing technology which assesses the driver's overall performance with regard to traffic lanes and following traffic rules. However, when will we see this implemented into the UK? Much of the current technology developed so far is for use in less developed countries where the roads are more dangerous.

What does a fully autonomous, electric, high-performance race car have to do with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? For starters, the vehicle, developed by Roborace, is providing a testing ground for new efforts to build public trust in how next-generation vehicles could improve road safety and reduce the 1.35 million annual road deaths worldwide (SDG 3.6). Increased use of autonomous, electric, connected vehicles could also reduce emissions, improve traffic flows -- and provide affordable, safe and sustainable transport systems to underdeveloped nations (SDG 11.2). But how do we go from race track to the road? A panel of experts – Bryn Balcombe, CSO at Roborace and Founder of the Autonomous Drivers Alliance; Lucas di Grassi, Formula-E World Champion and CEO at Roborace; and Fred Werner, Head of Strategic Engagement at ITU's Standardization Bureau – met at Web Summit 2019 to discuss how AI will make our roads safer, and how ITU is helping lead the charge.

This holiday season we ask: How can artificial intelligence and other new technologies help make our roads safer? This article also appears on LinkedIn. Stop me if you've heard this one before: Why did the chicken cross the road? While you ponder that question, let me ask you another: Have you ever wondered if the chicken manages to cross the road safely? Every year, especially during festive seasons, hundreds of thousands of people across the world pack their bags and families, and journey back to their home towns where joyous celebrations and loved ones await.

Road Watch 2.0 Vision Zero Pedestrian Deaths Project: Learn how an award-winning Richmond Hill and York Regional Police road safety Road Watch program is the base for a space age approach to make Toronto roads safer, as kicked off on the Global News 640 AM John Oakley Show. Hear a plan to make roads safer while mitigating climate through earth and Space LiDAR technology. Learn how road safety and climate change mitigation is combined in the Ethical AI Energy Cloud City master plan, a UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals Emerging Technology Framework to Unite Society. Dave D'Silva founded Intelligent Market Solutions Group (IMSG) to make good on a University of Waterloo pact with Bill Gates. IMSG is a socio-economic emerging technology project management firm creating Star Trek inspired Ethical AI systems.

Learn all about how they are humanizing technology, making our roads safer, and much more! My guest today is Rana el Kaliouby, and she is the CEO of Affectiva and a former professor of computer science. Why don't you tell us a little bit about your background, and what you did before starting Affectiva and what the genesis of the idea? I did my PhD at Cambridge University, focusing on machine learning, and computer vision. Early on in my career, I recognized that technology's becoming really pervasive. It has a lot of IQ, a lot of cognitive intelligence, but it has literally no emotional intelligence at all. As I'm sure you know from both your personal and your professional life, EQ matters. Our emotional intelligence predicts how persuasive we are, how likable we are, our ability to motivate other individuals. I believe that that's true for technology that's interacting with us on a day to day basis.

IoT is already affecting most areas of our lives and transportation is no exception. Even before the age of autonomous cars IoT is improving road safety and I'm going to express this through my own personal experience and other uses. I am currently working in Dublin and I travel back home to Waterford every weekend to see my family. For the first few months, I would take the bus and with the frequent stops, distance and Dublin Traffic the journey would take 4 hours! This meant I was travelling on average for 8 hours over the weekend.

Don't worry, your car's got you. While fully autonomous vehicles might not be here for awhile, new driver assistance systems are so advanced you'll feel like you're in a self-driving car. What's coming down the pipeline makes Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot system look positively polite and passive. Instead of quiet beeps urging you to put your hands back on the wheel or a light flashing when something's in your blind spot, these features plan to give control over to the vehicle. SEE ALSO: Daimler's semi-autonomous trucks may be hitting a road near you Chipmaker Nvidia has dubbed these features "Level 2 ."

DRIVERLESS cars are due to appear on UK roads by 2021, with the promise of making our motorways safer and more efficient. Experts have claimed the introduction of self-driving motors will reduce road deaths by removing human error from the equation. But as manufacturers ramp up testing in the race to become the first to generate a fool-proof autonomous car, instances of the technology going wrong are starting to raise eyebrows about its safety. Back in 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk famously stated "the probability of having an accident is 50 per cent lower" using the manufacturer's Autopilot feature compared to full human control, but recent incidents have seen the technology come under fire. Following a collision with a Tesla Model S electric car and a fire engine in California on Monday, the driver allegedly told investigators he was using Autopilot at the time.