Foundation of Information System (pdf)

FOUNDATIONS OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................3
About driverless cars...................................................................................................................3
Importance of driverless cars......................................................................................................3
Strength and weakness of driverless cars....................................................................................4
Driverless cars in business..........................................................................................................5
ETHICAL ISSUES..........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
This report will lay emphasis on emerging trends in Information Technology such as
driverless cars. Driver less cars are also known as self-driven cars or robot cars. These are a kind
of vehicles has the capability of sense the movement around it as well as its environment without
any human input.
DESCRIPTION
About driverless cars
Today many companies are working in development of driverless cars for example
Google has developed a self-driven car called Waymo. These cars are set to be driven on the
roads. Technology used to make driver less cars is really advance which has helped in reduction
of number of accidents, improved emission compliance etc. it is designed in such a way that it
follows all the road or traffic rules, in order to be driven safely. There are several systems that
work simultaneity together with each other in order to control self-driven cars. It consists of first
a radar sensor which sense the position of vehicles nearby. Second it consists of video cameras
that are used to read and interpret road signs, detect and understand traffic lights, keeping a track
of other vehicles and also looks out for all the peoples walking nearby as well as all the other
obstacles. It also has a lidar sensor installed which detects road edges or identifies lane markings
by emitting a sensor light around the cars surroundings. It also has pre-installed ultra sonic
sensors installed in all of their wheels which helps in detection of others cars or vehicles and
kerbs positions nearby while parking (Cox, 2016). At last it consists of a central computer
system which is used to analyse all the data received from all the sensors and use to control and
manipulate breaking, speed and steering of the car. It also has an emergency system installed in it
which is used in case of an accident in order to confirm safety of all the passengers.
Importance of driverless cars
Driverless cars are important for various reasons such as: These cars will increase the
safety around the roads and decreases the chances of accidents as most of the accidents happens
due to human errors. Today more than 50% of accidents occurs due to human errors i.e. mistakes
made by the driver. It will also make roads safer to walk as many accidents occurs with the
pedestrians because of careless, distracted drivers. As a result these cars will also help in slowing
down the traffic. With the help of Pre-installed GPS system these driverless cars will help its
passengers to reach a destination on time. As these cars will reduce collisions, accidents, reduce