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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.
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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 over 140,000 miles (225,300 km) in all types of driving conditions without a single fault. “People didn't even notice†Google's cars were not driven by humans, said Thrun, who lost his best friend to a car accident when he was 18. The Stanford professor of computer science said that moment made him decide dedicating his life to saving one million people every year.
Read more »- Surprise…fgeartv Says 12-year Old Ferrari Owner Story Was A Hoax
As many suspected when the crew from FGearTV shared a video of a 12-year old boy from the UK named Callum, who purportedly bought three Ferrari models including a F355, a 458 Italia and a 599GTO, after selling an app to Google for £8.5 million (or...
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Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated in the title that this was the first accident involving a Google self-driving car. The corrected version reflects a change only in the title of this article. We also posted an updated...
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Irv Gordon, a retired Long Island Science teacher has managed to clock an amazing 2.6 million miles or about 4.2 million km on his red 1966 Volvo P1800, a model which become famous from the 60's TV series "The Saint". The 67-year-old purchased the...