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voice recording as an alert, says the founder and chief executive of Maven Machines, Avishai Geller. An MIT graduate in computer science, Geller worked for large and small software companies before starting the company in May, 2015. "I fell in love with trucking," he says. "I thought this is the best place for the technology to make an impact." Fleets use a web portal to assess driver risk and skill levels. To provide added context for the results, Maven Co-Pilot includes temperature, speed and location data in its reports and visual map displays. It can also bring hard braking and lateral acceleration (swerving) events using data captured by phones and third party telematics systems, he says. Fleet managers can use the web portal to see if drivers are properly checking their mirrors in traffic or while going through an intersection, among many possibilities. Gregg Troian, president of PGT Trucking, says the fleet is in the process of evaluating how to use the information "to tell if drivers are developing the kind of habits they need to drive effectively and without accidents." Drivers currently use the technology on a voluntary basis, but Troian says it may become mandatory for those with a higher risk profile or for retraining purposes. Here's looking at you Another approach to detect driver fatigue and distraction is to use a camera. Seeing Machines' Guard- ian fatigue management system has a small, dash-mounted camera and small infrared units, placed left and right of the camera, to enable the camera to work in the dark and when the driver is wearing sunglasses. The camera feeds data to an onboard unit with algorithms that detect cer- tain movements, such as eyelids clos- ing or the head nodding. An alarm is triggered when these movements cross a certain threshold. The alarm consists of seat vibra- 32 www.bigrigowner.com J U N E 2 0 1 6 Looking At You e Maven Co-Pilot driver app shows safe driving scores using data collected from the headset.