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Blockchain and a Safer Self-Driving Future

January 19, 2018

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Four self-driving cars head toward an intersection at the same time. One plans to go straight, three want to turn, and all vehicles want to get their passengers to destinations as swiftly as possible. Approaching the intersection, each autonomous vehicle is aware of the others, wirelessly communicating their intent with each other and with the intersection itself.

The edge computing nodes in the road infrastructure quickly analyze their speeds and intentions and the technology plays traffic cop, directing the cars to drive through in a perfectly orchestrated ballet that even though at an intersection, never requires the cars to make a full stop. This is the not-so-distant futureā€¦

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