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Questions about Nexar LiveMap? We’ve got answers

Questions about Nexar LiveMap? We’ve got answers

What is Nexar? Nexar’s mission is to eliminate road collisions world-wide by alerting drivers to dangers ahead in real-time. When people pair a Nexar-powered smart dash cam [http://buy.getnexar.com/] with the Nexar app, they join Nexar’s connected vehicle network, where every vehicle is learning in real-time

Your Privacy Matters: Nexar’s Approach to the GDPR

Your Privacy Matters: Nexar’s Approach to the GDPR

At Nexar, data privacy, security, and transparency are all part of our company culture. That’s why we welcome the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into effect on May 25th, 2018. The GDPR replaces the European Union’s Data Protection Directive and is a comprehensive approach

Heard About Qualcomm’s Neural Processing Engine? Why You Should Care

Heard About Qualcomm’s Neural Processing Engine? Why You Should Care

Just over a month ago on July 25th, Qualcomm® unveiled its Snapdragon™ Neural Processing Engine (NPE) software development kit (SDK) [https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2017/07/25/snapdragon-neural-processing-engine-now-available-qualcomm-developer] . The announcement noted Facebook will integrate the technology into the platform’s augmented reality camera. Nexar was also part of

The Anatomy of Crashes in NYC

The Anatomy of Crashes in NYC

We’re only human, right!? It’s a fact that 95% of car collisions are caused by human error. The autonomous vehicle has been heralded as the future road-messiah that will take the wheel and save us from self-inflicted pain and loss. However, it’s important to remember that it

June Update: Nexar’s Top Dashcam Videos from Last Month

June Update: Nexar’s Top Dashcam Videos from Last Month

NYC, we’re looking at you. New York, New York: the city so nice, they named it twice. But sometimes it can be a bit messy on the roads. In June, jaywalkers racked our nerves, cars collided with bikes, and bikes collided with vans… and the cycle continued. NYC, we

May Update: Our Top 6 Dashcam Videos From Last Month

May Update: Our Top 6 Dashcam Videos From Last Month

Once again we highlight the incidents captured by Nexar’s users that created the biggest buzz within our community. It’s that time again. Your monthly fix of dangers, ridiculous antics, and bad driving on the road captured with Nexar. Some of these dashcam videos are just weird or funny,

April Update: Our Top 7 Dashcam Videos From Last Month

April Update: Our Top 7 Dashcam Videos From Last Month

Your monthly fix of dangers, ridiculous antics, and bad driving on the road captured with Nexar. Each month, we give you the videos captured by Nexar’s users that created the biggest buzz online. Some are just for fun, while others are quite serious. April kept us on our toes.

March Update: Our Top Videos from Last Month

March Update: Our Top Videos from Last Month

Your monthly fix of dangers, ridiculous antics, and horrible driving on the road captured with Nexar. Each month, we present the videos captured by Nexar’s users that generated the most buzz and the biggest reactions. Some are just for fun, while others present serious safety concerns. In March, we

February Update: Our Top 5 Videos from Last Month

February Update: Our Top 5 Videos from Last Month

February kept us guessing. From people casually hanging out on the freeway, to a drift that almost ended badly, here are the top moments from last month. Each month, we give you the videos captured by Nexar’s users that created the biggest buzz online. Some are just for fun,

A cure for the pains of driving professionally in New York City

A cure for the pains of driving professionally in New York City

Rideshare drivers don’t have to feel vulnerable every time get behind the wheel. Sandra Cohen is a rideshare driver in New York City. She often drives at night. Sometimes, she picks up passengers that are drunk, hostile, and aggressive, and she worries for her safety. Mario Sanchez is a

January Update: Our Top 5 Videos from Last Month

January Update: Our Top 5 Videos from Last Month

In January we saw jaywalkers and jay-bikers, falling telephone poles and strange skateboarding. Take a look at some of the craziest moments shared by our users. Each month, we give you the videos captured by Nexar’s users that created the biggest reactions in the community. Some are just for

December Update: Our Top 6 Videos from Last Month

December Update: Our Top 6 Videos from Last Month

This time we have dancing cops, pileups, and some insane road rage. Here are our last top moments for 2016 Each month, we present the videos captured by Nexar’s users that generated the most community buzz. Some are just for fun, while others present serious safety concerns. In the

November Update: The Top 6 Videos captured with Nexar

November Update: The Top 6 Videos captured with Nexar

This Month our users recorded a range of activity: From a motorcycle collision, to a case of road rage that turns violent, take a look below for November’s craziest moments. Each month, we post a select few videos captured by Nexar’s users on the road. We briefly discuss

Introducing The Nexar Challenge: Deep-Driving into the Future

Introducing The Nexar Challenge: Deep-Driving into the Future

Use Deep Learning for Traffic Light Recognition, compete to win prizes and join our mission to make the road safer Nexar [https://www.getnexar.com/] is building the first over-the-top vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network app that turns smartphones into connected AI dashcams. Leveraging millions of crowdsourced road miles from dozens of

The Road Ahead

The Road Ahead

We started Nexar because we believe in several things that few people do. We believe that you don’t have to wait for self driving cars to put a real dent in the 1.3M annual road fatalities. In fact, we believe all of the technology needed to stop most

Tel Aviv — The City That Never Stops (on Red)

Tel Aviv — The City That Never Stops (on Red)

Six weeks ago, we gave the beta version of the Nexar app — our smart dashcam — to just 20 drivers in Tel Aviv. After watching and analyzing 60,000 kilometers of driving, 3,000 total hours, and 11 hours of “incident” footage, we were blown away by the results. With those