Study: Basic car automation is enough to make drivers more distracted

Nov20
by on November 20, 2020 at 11:29 am
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A study from an American insurance and road safety body has found that drivers become complacent when using vehicles equipped with even basic partial automation features. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers of vehicles with Level 2 ADAS systems, like adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assistants, are twice as likely to take their hands off the wheel than drivers of cars with more basic Level 1 systems. [Read: Neural’s market outlook for artificial intelligence in 2021 and beyond] Drivers of Level 2 equipped vehicles were also found to be 12 times more likely to take their…

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Blessed be the relaxation powers of a CBD bath bomb

Nov19
by on November 19, 2020 at 11:17 am
Posted In: Plugged


Like much of the world, the Netherlands is going through a second lockdown. Admittedly, our shutdown hasn’t been intense as many others across the globe, but it still is uniquely stressful to be confined. Then we have the mental impact of the past few months piling up — and it’s easy for everything to feel a bit much. Which is why I’m stoked about discovering the joy of CBD bath bombs. But let’s backtrack a little. If you don’t know what CBD is (which is odd, because it’s been a health craze for years now), it’s the non-psychoactive element of…

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