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Google’s Latest Killer App is one Step Closer to the Driverless Car [with Video]
It came from San Francisco Bay. A hybrid killing driving machine with a singular purpose: to destroy mankind to further the cause of safe motoring. A Toyota Prius infused with advanced technology that allows it to kill without remorse drive itself and created by the Devil himself Google! Pardoning that brief flight of fancy, here's the real scoop:
Google is working on an automated / driverless car with the help of DARPA Challenge luminaries Chris Urmson and Anthony Levandowski. Mr. Urmson was the technical team leader on CMU's 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge winning entry, whilst Mr. Levandowski built the world's first autonomous motorcycle for the DARPA Grand Challenge as well as an automated pizza delivery vehicle.
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Check The Long List Of Things Google's Autonomous Cars Can't Do
Despite all the talk about how autonomous cars are going to change our lives in a few years, it appears that their current capabilities are grossly overrated. Take Google’s self-driving car, for instance. Chris Urmson, director of the Google car...
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Google Maps The Future: California Gov. Signs Law That Allows Self-driving Cars On Public Roads
California governor Jerry Brown signed a law that permits self-driving cars on the state's public roads. The signing ceremony took place at Google’s Mountain View headquarters with the governor sitting on the passenger side of an autonomous...
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Google Scientist Says Its Driverless Cars Could Save A Million Lives Each Year
Sebastian Thrun, leader of Google's driverless car project, talked about the technology of self-driven cars at TED Talks, claiming it could save one million lives each year if it would replace human driving. Google's test cars have so far covered...
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We're Back Online, Google-bots Defeated
After a three-day hiatus because some Autobot automated system over at Google took the decision to erroneously classify our site as a spam blog, Carscoop is back online. Now to explain. Google's "robots", "automated systems",...
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Mit Builds Fully Autonomous Land Rover Lr3
Look Mo, no hands, no remote control! This weird looking Land Rover LR3 (Discovery) has been crafted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to drive all by itself avoiding obstacles, even merging into moving traffic without any human assistance...
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