[gui-talk] autonomous driving vehicles news

[Hoffman, Allen]

FYI
 
Not newest but I missed this earlier.
 
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Look, no hands: Cars that drive
better than you
New Scientist Tech Apr. 6, 2010
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We will see semi-autonomous
vehicles on the highway by 2015,
able to steer, accelerate and avoid
collisions unaided, and fully
autonomous vehicles by 2020,
projects Alan Taub, vice-president
for R&D at General Motors.
Meanwhile, Japan's new Driving
Safety Support System (DSSS), which
can show alerts on satnav displays
warning of traffic lights,...
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=12010&m=51300
 
Now, if we can get artificial vision working and equal access to
electronic textbooks we will have it made.
 
 
 
Allen Hoffman