The University of Nevada To Develop Blockchain Powered Autonomous Vehicle With IoT Firm

The University of Nevada in partnership with Filament, blockchain IoT tech firm to develop a blockchain powered autonomous vehicle project. This was made known through a press release by filament on the 23rd of April 2019.

Improving Safety and Communication between Autonomous Vehicle With Blockchain

The partnership of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Intelligent mobility initiative and filament, a provider of comprehensive enterprise blockchain solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), is aimed at developing a new standard based on blockchain IoT technology for attested data integrity between autonomous vehicles and road infrastructure.

The project is a smart city project that is being conducted through the University’s Nevada Center for Applied Research (NCAR). It is also designed to improve safety and communication between autonomous, connected vehicles and surrounding infrastructure with LIDAR and dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) devices mounted at intersections.

Carlos Cardillo, director of the Nevada Center for applied research which facilitates the Intelligent Mobility initiative, explained that “the growth in the number of connected vehicles on roads will lead to an increase in the number of IoT devices, which can potentially create vulnerabilities. Working with Filament as part of Intelligent Mobility will help us to create and validate secured data generated from the many connected LIDAR devices including those in autonomous vehicles that will soon be a common feature in our cities and towns. We believe this can result in a new set of data integrity standards that others can follow when rolling out their own initiatives.”

Allison Clift-Jennings, CEO, Filament also noted in the release that “we are excited to collaborate with the University’s Intelligent Mobility initiative on advancing this cutting-edge vehicle-to-infrastructure communication innovation. This is an important project for all cities preparing for autonomous vehicles as it will demonstrate how secure distributed ledger technology combined with connected, driverless cars and their surroundings can become a trusted reality.”

Jennings also noted that for the project the university’s test vehicle would accept only Blocklet-attested data transmissions, protecting them from potential bad actors or man-in-the-middle attacks.

Filament and the State Of Nevada

The state of Nevada has established itself as a premier location for innovative vehicle and transportation technology with the support and commitment of its research universities, industries and startups. Also, it is supported by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development.

The filament is a firm that builds comprehensive blockchain systems for the enterprise and the Industrial internet of things (IIoT). Its hardware, software and service solutions allow connected devices and machines to securely interact with and transact value against distributed ledger technology such as a blockchain.

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