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Have your say on driverless cars – free public event
Driverless cars – what do you think about them? Do you think they鈥檒l improve our lives, or not? There鈥檚 a chance to have YOUR say in Coventry this month, at an Ideas Caf茅 event hosted by WMG, 果冻传媒.
Researchers from WMG鈥檚 are running a free event in the heart of the UK鈥檚 鈥榤otor city鈥�, to explore the public鈥檚 attitudes towards self-driving cars, and to hear different thoughts on the future of motoring.
The event – which will take place at the Transport Museum on 30 June – will give participants the opportunity to discuss whether they trust driverless technology, and how they think self-driving cars will affect communities and the environment.
The event will be in the format of an Ideas Caf茅 which brings people together informally, over tea and cake to hear about and discuss the issues relevant to them.
Dr from WMG鈥檚 Experiential Engineering Group commented:
鈥淭he potential of driverless car technology is really exciting, however with all new technology it is important to understand its impact on people and society. We hope that our Ideas caf茅 will allow the public鈥檚 hopes, dreams and fears around driverless cars to inform our future research.
鈥淯ltimately we want to be part of developing technology which will be accepted and make people鈥檚 lives better. To do this we need to have public conversations to bring a societal and human-centred perspective into our scientific research.鈥�
Cutting-edge technology and research at WMG – in areas such as cyber security and complex electrical systems – are making safe, autonomous vehicles a reality.
The Experiential Engineering Group aims to understand, design and optimise people鈥檚 experiences with current and future products, technology, environments and services. The researchers work at both a user and community level, particularly around understanding acceptance of new and disruptive technologies.
Members of the group include designers, engineers, ergonomists, psychologists, computer scientists and healthcare professionals who each bring their specialist expertise to optimising experiences for human-centred innovation.
The Ideas Caf茅 is an early evening, interactive event which brings together members of the public and 果冻传媒 academics to discuss and engage in the exciting research that they are undertaking. The evening is informal and designed to promote different ways of thinking about research and its practical applications in real life situations.
The event, will take place on Friday 30 June at the Coventry Transport Museum, 13:30 - 16:30. Afternoon refreshments are provided.
It is being hosted alongside Coventry University and Transport for West Midlands.
To register to attend the workshop, .