And I might forward you to Formula 1 racing which is one of the most technologically sophisticated activities on the planet. The car companies involved e.g. Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren are constantly dealing with big data, machine learning and real time simulations.
The sources you cite refer to a range of sensors that will be added to cars starting from 2014, like collision detection technologies. And the Volvo cars you always talk about are supposed to be in a train formation following a human-driven vehicle.
A different kind of project from the self-driving cars from Google. Actual self-driving cars by other companies are always research projects with unclear timescales.
And I might forward you to Formula 1 racing which is one of the most technologically sophisticated activities on the planet. The car companies involved e.g. Ferrari, Mercedes, McLaren are constantly dealing with big data, machine learning and real time simulations.
http://storagemojo.com/2012/11/02/big-data-in-formula-1-raci...
The idea that nobody can handle IT apart from web companies is a bit silly.