Forbes has a very interesting article describing the “peace dividend” concept. The peace dividend was first established during the smartphone wars which drove significant technologies in mobile computing capability. Cameras, GPS, batteries, sensors, microprocessors, sensors and memory all become better and cheaper because of mobile computing. Capabilities like this were historically developed for the military, but became commonplace for consumer usage of mobile computing. The article suggests that the competition around the development of autonomous vehicles will drive a similar peace dividend. And like mobile, the autonomous vehicle innovations will extend beyond autonomous vehicles.
Autonomous Vehicle Technology ‘Peace Dividend’
