{"id":75824,"date":"2017-06-20T09:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=75824"},"modified":"2017-06-20T09:32:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:32:59","slug":"elon-musk-tesla-update-ufo-detection-feature-for-demo-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=75824","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk, Tesla Update: UFO Detection Feature for Demo Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Rachel Cruz<br \/>\nChristian Post<\/p>\n<p>Older models from Tesla will have a UFO detection feature and CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company will be demonstrating this to the public soon. Specifically, Tesla cars with the Hardware 1 platform will get a software update which will enable the vehicle to brake whenever a potential UFO has been detected.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"centered\"><a class=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/s4.reutersmedia.net\/resources\/r\/?m=02&amp;d=20151023&amp;t=2&amp;i=1089151111&amp;w=780&amp;fh=&amp;fw=&amp;ll=&amp;pl=&amp;sq=&amp;r=LYNXNPEB9M09V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full\" src=\"http:\/\/d.christianpost.com\/full\/112235\/590-393\/elon-musk.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/BECK DIEFENBACH<\/span>Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks about new Autopilot features during a Tesla event.<\/h5>\n<p>Musk revealed this Tesla update in reply to a question on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/875510004635246592\">Twitter<\/a>. More than finding aliens, however, the improvement is supposed to be for Hardware 1&#8217;s security feature.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s Hardware 1 is in the Model S and Model X. It&#8217;s a limited software for powering the cars&#8217; self-driving feature and a third-party company, Mobileye, developed this. Tesla, however, released its Hardware 2 in October for its newer models and the software was developed in-house.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Radar-only braking on HW1 is getting better with every release. We&#39;re hoping to do the demo where it brakes for a UFO in the fog soon.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/875510004635246592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This was not the first time Musk talked about the Tesla upgrade with the UFO detection feature. In 2016, he first laid out this plan in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tesla.com\/blog\/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-radar\">press release.<\/a>\u00a0Radar technology will power the new feature to complement the camera in self-driving cars.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Tesla Model 3 is <a href=\"http:\/\/electrek.co\/2017\/06\/15\/tesla-model-3-test-drives\/\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0expected to launch its test drive in late 2017, which is good news for those who have already pre-ordered a unit. The company has been slowly getting in touch with those who made reservations to let them know of this update.<\/p>\n<p>The Tesla Model 3 has so far amassed one million reservations and its production is good enough for a year&#8217;s worth of supplies. Its demand is higher compared to the Model S and Model X, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carbuzz.com\/news\/2017\/6\/18\/The-Tesla-Model-3-Will-FINALLY-Be-Available-To-Test-Drive-This-Year-7739706\/\">allegedly<\/a>\u00a0causing the company to\u00a0ask consumers if they would be willing to switch reservations or purchases, especially since Model S and Model X are already available.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/elon-musk-tesla-update-ufo-detection-feature-for-demo-soon-188418\/\">http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/elon-musk-tesla-update-ufo-detection-feature-for-demo-soon-188418\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}