Autonomous Car Technology Lurches Forward
Sunday 8 May 2011
The Industrial Age replaces the horse and buggy with ever-faster cars and trucks. The time for free car technology is now, says Jim Hall, arch of 2953 Analytics, and a common advocate on Motor Trend's Car of the Year panel. "The aboriginal free cars will be taxicabs," Hall explains. "Welcome to Johnny Cab."
Imagine automatic taxicabs whisking you about New York City or San Francisco. "The technology already is here," Hall notes. Volvos hit the brakes for you. The most recent night-vision technology uses calefaction sensors to ascertain added beings in your path.
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, founded in 1958 to abode the Soviet Sputnik challenge-it additionally takes acclaim for inventing the Internet-held free car challenges from 2005 to 2008. Last year, Google began experimenting with free Toyota Prii for its Google Maps.
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