Month: May 2018

10. Mark Farrell, the 44th Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco

10. Mark Farrell, the 44th Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco

Listen to Mark Farrell, the Mayor of San Francisco, explain why he wrote an open letter to Autonomous Vehicle companies requesting enhanced cooperation with municipal authorities.   Hear the Mayor describe the outcomes from the resulting Safety Briefing, with presentations from Zoox and GM Cruise.   Whay sensitized the Mayor to autonomous vehicles, well before the recently publicized and highly unfortunate fatal accidents.

See the Mayor’s official release on the subject and learn more about Mark Farrell’s background.  More about GTK, your host Ali Tabibian, our conferences, publications and subscriptions thereto. If links aren’t active in your app, please go to www.techcarsmachines.com.

A raw transcript is here.

09. Y Combinator: Beanstalk

09. Y Combinator: Beanstalk

Listen to Y Combinator 2018 Winter Event graduates Mike and Jack Ross, co-founders of Beanstalk, describe their objectives, challenges, and solutions for indoor farming.

Understand how Beanstalk uses spin-offs of technologies outside of agriculture to make its approach successful.

Visit  Mike Ross and Jack Ross.  More about GTK, your host Ali Tabibian, our conferences, publications, and subscriptions thereto. If links aren’t active in your app, please go to www.techcarsmachines.com.

A raw transcript is here.

08. Y Combinator: Bear Flag Robotics

08. Y Combinator: Bear Flag Robotics

Listen to Y Combinator 2018 Winter Event graduates Igino Cafiero and Aubrey Donnellan, co-founders of Bear Flag Robotics, describe their objectives, challenges, and solutions automating tractors that services orchards.

Understand how Bear Flag focuses on the near-term-possible in autonomy to target near-term commercial deployments.

Visit Igino Cafiero and Aubrey Donnellan.  More about GTK, your host Ali Tabibian, our conferences, publications, and subscriptions thereto. If links aren’t active in your app, please go to www.techcarsmachines.com.

A raw transcript is here.