Travis In Austin

Here is a very nice article that ran in the Texarkana Gazette yesterday about the Museum and the Transfer Ceremony.'' http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/story/story/2017/May/07/klipsch-museum-audio-history-sound-history-being-made/672937/ Travis.

I cannot reccomend this book highly enough in connection with this awesome project. Living Stereo: Histories and Cultures of Multichannel Sound ISBN-13: 978-1623565169, ISBN-10: 1623565162 http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/living-stereo-9781623565510/

On a slightly different subject but trying to decipher what this is about. http://www.hps4000.com/pages/asa_.html

You will have to stop and recharge your Tessla.

@dtel those are all awesome. They are fine as is. Yes please email me the others Travis

They are not my comparisons they were yours and others. Give me a good comparison, I have tried to think of one tech innovation that would result in saving lives, cost savings, etc. that was regulated and was able to get accelerated to market. I can't think of one. Maybe you have one? It isn't revolutionary, they ran trucks in convoys on I-15 in the 80s. That system required infrastructure to be installed on the highways, it was determined to be too expensive. The only thing different about this wave is that they have figured out how to do it without having to install sensors in the road. There is a site dedicated to all of this, http://www.driverless-future.com/?page_id=384 They track all of this and have a page on "Misconceptions" which says that my belief that it will take time for this to phase in is all wet. However, they are tracking on what the car makers and other developers are saying publicly about when they expect this technology. Elon Musk is at the bottom. He expects a Level 4 car to be available next year but that it will take between 1 and 3 YEARS to obtain regulatory approval. Musk is aware he is going to have to sort through regulatory hurdles. He is going to be the one behind a federal framework so he doesn't have to go through 50 different processes. The truck driver article was a great one. Mentions all of the technology, but unlike Musk who knows about the regulatory frame work and labor relations, the article doesn't mention anything about the 1.4 million Teamsters who will be represented during this regulatory phase. Musk is a pretty bright guy and knows there will be many "stakeholders" at the table during this process. Thus, the esitimate for 1 to 3 years. Here are what the people in the know are saying: Forecasts Autonomous car forecasts This page lists the most recent predictions about when driverless cars will be available on the market: NVIDIA to introduce level-4 enabling system by 2018 At the Bosch Connected World 2017 in Berlin NVIDIA’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced that NVIDIA will provide technology enabling Level-4 autonomous driving capabilities by the end of 2018. (Source: NVIDIA, 2017-03-16) Audi to introduce a self-driving car by 2020 Scott Keogh, Head of Audi America announced at the CES 2017 that an Audio that really would drive itself would be available by 2020. (Source: IEEE Spectrum, 2017-01-05) NuTonomy to provide self-driving taxi services in Singapore by 2018, expand to 10 cities around the world by 2020 The company has just started trials of its self-driving taxis in Singapore’s 1 North District. It plans to deploy self-driving taxis commercially in Singapore by 2018 and aims to be operational with fleets of self-driving taxis in 10 cities of the world by 2020. (Source: Yahoo News, 2016-08-29, Digital Trends, 2016-05-24) Delphi and MobilEye to provide off-the-shelf self-driving system by 2019 Both companies have announced that they will bring a fully self-driving (SAE level 4) system on the market for use in a variety of cars in 2019. Source: TheVerge, 2016-08-23 Ford CEO announces fully autonomous vehicles for mobility services by 2021 Mark Fields, Ford’s CEO announced that the company plans to offer fully self-driving vehicles by 2021. The vehicles, which will come without steering wheel and pedals, will be targeted to fleets which provide autonomous mobility services. Fields expects that it will take several years longer until Ford will sell autonomous vehicles to the public. Source: Reuters, 2016-08-16 Elon Musk now expects first fully autonomous Tesla by 2018, approved by 2021In an interview by Danish newspaper Borsen, Tesla’s founder Elon Musk accelerates his timeline for the introduction of fully autonomous Teslas by 2 years (!) compared to his estimate less than a year ago (October 2014). He now expects fully autonomous Teslas to be ready by 2018 but notes that regulatory approval may take 1 to 3 more years thereafter.(Source: Borsen Interview on youtube, timeline: 8:06-8:29, recorded on 2015-9-23)

Well they were good until that set of me in them, LOL

Great ones @dtel

I agree, it will revolutionize car travel, the only question is how long. We had an IBM PC in our house in 1981. It took over ten years to get to Windows 3.1. How long did it take for 10% of homes to have one, 25% etc. Decades? I'm stretching my brain to come up with one example of new consumer technology that caught the world by storm and became nearly universal in less than 10 years. I just can't think of one. Transistor radios maybe? Digital cameras might be another. Microwave oven? Nope, 20 years the patents had to run. If one car manufacturer comes up with level 5 or 6 and has solid patents it will slow to a crawl if they don't want to license the tech. If the big 3 auto consortium gets it first then things could speed up dramatically. Then it will depend who is sitting on the Gold Mine as to how it moves through Congress. I want one now and hope someone can spit one out soon; but I'm still waiting.

You were the one who thought this would be driven by parents with kids in the car. Reality doesn't support that, nor does safety. You have made a massive leap to get to saving on commute time. I agree that is a long term benefit, but not in the short term as this is phased in. There isn't profit to all, not from an economic standpoint. It is no different than the fax machine, the cell phone, or having a live conversation on your computer. Those all revolutionized business and communication and eliminated travel all together. I think people need convincing because the technology isn't available in a usable form yet. There is no solid projections on cost available yet. The people who are really doing the design on this stuff are all over the place on when a level 5 or 6 vehicle will be ready for production to the public. This is pretty much going to go like the cell phone. Available to some in the mid-80s, very expensive, a buck a minute. It is going to get cheeper and cheeper. Demand will rise, compitition will increase, prices will fall. BUT FIRST THE FCC HAD TO APPROVE IT. It isn't going to go anywhere until someone offers it on a production vehicle. Depending on the cost, it will go from there.

Yes! John has a very interesting story.

Paul Jacobs transferring the keys over to Jim Hunter, Founding Curator of the Klipsch Museum of Audio History

Paul Jacobs delivering the Keynote address and passing the Keys to the Museum

John Shalam accepting the Founder's Award and being named first Honorary Member of KHMA.

Founder's Award recipients Awarded by Board of Trustees for exceptional service to KHMA Left to right Oscar Bernardo, Klipsch-Chief Operating Officer John Shalam, Voxx International Corporation - Founder and Chairman of the Board Paul Jacobs, Klipsch - President and CEO Pat Lavelle (not pictured), Voxx - President and CEO

Here are some of the photos that were taken during the Transfer Ceremony on April 27th in the Warehouse at the Klipsch plant in Hope, AR. The Ceremony was to celebrate the transfer of the Klipsch Museum of Audio History from Klipsch Group, Inc. to the 501(c)(3) non-profit Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, Inc who will continue to operate the Museum. If ANYONE has PHOTOS of the Ceremony please post them here in this thread. We would like to save as many as possible. The Founding Board of Trustees From left to right Roy Delgado @Chief bonehead Klipsch (Steeley eyed speaker designer) Stacey Atchison - Treasurer (CPA, BKD, Little Rock, AR) Matt Sommers Klipsch-Creative Director (Renaissance Man) Ian Moore @seti (Medical practice IT, Little Rock, AR) Christy Luquet @dtel's wife Small business owner (Director of Passion) Luther Ward @Wardsweb Webmaster of audio related websites and forums. (Holds world record for owning brand new HIIIs for the shortest time in history - less than 60 seconds before he donated them to the Museum. Dr. Kevin Harmon @kharmondds Dentist Knew Paul Klipsch who referred to him as the No. 1 Klipsch Fan. Paul Jacobs - President and CEO of Klipsch Group, Inc. (the Lion) James "Jim" Hunter @JRH Museum Curator, Present but not voting, Paul W. Klipsch Not present Jim Haynes

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Has nothing to do with naysayers. It is Economics 101 coupled with the macroeconomics of governmental regulation. Airbags, seatbelts, GPS in aircraft, nuclear power plan approval, HD TV, etc., etc. all took significant time to implement after the technology was well established. Some of those required a federal mandate or they would never have become universally accepted. aan accident can be caused by your negligence in failing to maintain the vehicle. In addition, you are going to want coverage for uninsured and underinsured operators who will continue to be able to operate non-AV vehicles on the same roads as you. . There was no logical argument against seat belts or air bags either. The technology was available for years and years prior to them being mandated. Parents who drive have not historically been a source of demand for safer products or vehicles. Car seats had been available since the early 60s. There wasn't a sensible argument against that technology either, just the cost. It wasn't until the mid 80s that they started to be required. Now it is a crime not to have one when transporting a child and they won't let you leave the hospital with a newborn unless they check your car seat. They have the technology right now to avoid collisions on trains and there was a mandate to have them installed last year (over 15 years after the technology was available, not on the drawing board or in development, but available). That was delayed. There is no logical argument against installing them either. Well one, cost. Regulation will drive up cost, this will add delay. Whoever has the breakthrough will lobby Congress to preempt the field, and will also seek some sort of protection from lawsuits or limited liability. It is at that point that things will begin to accelerate.

They had notice of 700 prior burn claims, including 2nd and 3rd degree burns. The quality assurance manager they had testify came off very poorly. Tessla can still be sued even though the driver is dead, it would be a "Wrongful Death" case. Each state has a statute which specifies who is able to sue (spouse, children, parents, etc.). If there was a warning the issue would be whether it was adequate or not. I suspect this is why Tessla keeps insisting their car is a Level 3. It is probably not legal in the state where this occurred to sell a Level 4 car. If it was capable of being operated as a Level 4 and it wasn't legal in that state then Tessla is going to be exposed on a number of theories.

The early evolution of automobile industry doesn't really fit in my view because there were no legal barriers to entry at that time. There can't currently be rapid penetration of Level 4, 5 and 6 because there are legal barriers. Those legal barriers are currently State by State. When the tech is ready and there is enough demand individual State's will begin to authorize the use of 4, 5 or 6. This almost always results in inconsistent standards and regulations across the states. The only way to have uniform regulations in the US is for Congress is to preempt the field or sector. It's a pretty standard flow since the 70s.

Read the part about "notice" on the part of McDonald's. That's what the case is all about.

Once people read the facts of the case they pretty much all agree with your statement in my experience.

For 25 percent of cars probably ten. For 80 percent of cars on the road it is looking like 25. It's going to probably require Federal legislation to consolidate a standard and provide some incentive.

Which ones did you like? Any standouts?

What a shame This is what I remember her from.