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Those who watched the fantastical characters and stories created within the Marvel Universe over the past twelve years might have questioned the seemingly impossible amount of cool technology created by Tony Stark, the alter ego and genius behind Iron Man. Yes, the original suit itself appeared rela...

Even before a ravaging pandemic and extreme weather events became commonplace, one in seven people worldwide believed a reckoning would occur in their lifetime. The popularity of movies or shows like Mad Max or The Walking Dead are a reflection of society’s obsession. Be it the end of the Mayan cale...

In April of 2014, Mary Barra announced at a Senate hearing investigating the General Motors GM +1.2% ignition switch recall, “…with any safety defect, there is no calculation of the cost.” Essentially, she was stating to the world that the ‘New GM’ cared more about lives than profits and that “safet...

There are few that would argue the growing need for well-conceived software architectures for automotive. In the past ten years, software per vehicle has grown from ten million (10M) lines of code in the Chevy Volt (nicknamed the “King of Software Cars” by WIRED Magazine at the time) to now an estim...

For those who attended the Agile Automotive 2020 Conference, there quickly was the realization that project management for specifically automotive is its own beast – both powerful and complex — and "out of the box", Silicon Valley Agile will not suffice. There needs to be a well-architected way of w...

Testing functional safety isn’t cheap. There are billions of dollars of labs spread out across the world testing everything from electromagnetic compatibility to braking distances to crashworthiness. The fixed and operating costs of such facilities is part of why companies emphasize upfront engineer...