Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for automated following behind a lead vehicle. The lead vehicle navigates a path from a starting point to a destination. The lead vehicle and the following vehicle are connected via V2V communication, allowing one or more following vehicles to detect the path taken by the lead vehicle. A computerized control system on the following vehicle (a Follow-the-Leader, or FTL, system) allows the following vehicle to mimic the behavior of the lead vehicle, with the FTL system controlling steering to guide the following vehicle along the path previously navigated by the lead vehicle. In some embodiments, the lead vehicle and following vehicle may both use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates. In some embodiments, the following vehicle may also have a system of sensors to maintain a gap between the following and lead vehicles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and intermediates for the synthesis of nucleosides and nucleoside analogues (NAs). More specifically, the present invention relates to methods of synthesizing nucleosides and NAs, using simple achiral materials by a ‘one-pot’ proline-catalyzed halogenation of a heteroaryl-substituted acetaldehyde together with a tandem enantioselective aldol reaction followed by a reduction or organometallic addition and cyclization (annulation) reaction involving halide displacement.