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On: Show HN: An open-source, local-first Webflow for y...

[michalnaka]

very cool!

[D_R_Farrell → michalnaka]

heyooo thanks naka!

On: Lyft Self-Driving

[michalnaka]

"Last year, nearly 6 million Americans sold their cars and switched to ride sharing. This year, almost 6 million plan to do the same thing."

No source citied on this or any of the other assertions made on the landing page.

On: A Tragic Loss

[michalnaka]

Which manufacturers use eye-height radar-based systems?

[niftich → michalnaka]

I stand corrected about the term 'eye-height' -- apparently no one I could credibly find mounts their radar at eye-height.

Mercedes-Benz uses two different radar sensors: "the DISTRONIC radar is configured to monitor three lanes of a motorway to a range of up to 150 metres with a spread of nine degrees, the new [DISTRONIC PLUS] 24-Gigahertz radar registers the situation immediately ahead of the vehicle with aspread of 80 degrees and a range of 30 metres." [1]

Volvo has a combination of grill-mounted 15° FOV radar and a 48° FOV greyscale camera behind the top of the windshield [2].

Volkswagen uses radar [3], but not sure where it's mounted. Honda's CMBS is a radar in the grill [4]. Subaru uses two cameras mounted behind the top of the windshield [5], and no radar, albeit radar is used with some of their other safety systems.

[1] http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv20/07-0103-O.pdf [2] http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv20/07-0450-o.pdf [3] http://en.volkswagen.com/en/innovation-and-technology/techni... [4] https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/pubs/om/JA0606/JA0606O00... [5] http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/news/a6852/subaru-camer...