 SmugNinja
Male, 30-39, Australia
 5 Posts
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Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:11:38 AM
I love that it is so precise and that it can pick up disabled bays, stop signs and speaker boxes... and then parks crooked on the driveway. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23998 Posts
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Friday, March 30, 2012 12:42:06 PM
That is awesome..... |
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 Nickel2
Male, 50-59, Europe
1682 Posts
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Friday, March 30, 2012 6:32:59 AM
The car?
It's a Toyota Pious.
The whirly thing on the roof is a giant Thardo Khorlo electric Dharma wheel.
(Absolutely no offence intended to any party whatsoever)
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Alen
Male, 18-29, Europe
1 Posts
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Friday, March 30, 2012 4:12:03 AM
Are you ready for T1000 ? |
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phirephoto
Male, 30-39, Western US
259 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:14:18 PM
@BritInvasion: 1: Where the drive through is? My guess, a combination of road markings, and possibly a 'marriage' of GPS and the data from the spinning camera on top.
2. Again, a camera, that can detect what's on the road. Wording, signs, markers. |
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 KtySpix
Male, 18-29, Canada
585 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 8:15:45 PM
But there is one major, MAJOR flaw with it. It's a Prius.... |
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 mykunter
Male, 40-49, Southern US
1629 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:44:32 PM
But, but... I like to drive!!! |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
26248 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:55:35 PM
WANT! |
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 5Cats
Male, 40-49, Canada
17457 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:52:34 PM
Awesome! So full of win!
I recall seeing a "self driving" contest on PBS a few years ago. On a closed course those cars (trucks and a motorcycle too!) could hardly move, never mind other traffic!
The technology has come a LONG way since then, obviously.
Now, where's my flying car, ala: The Jetsons! |
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 BritInvasion
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
187 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:19:57 PM
Buzz kill time!
1.) How did it know exactly where the drive thru was? Google maps only maps roads, not parking lots.
2.) What about if 1 way roads are flip flopped or new road routes, how will it navigate those? |
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 MacGuffin
Female, 30-39, Europe
2597 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:16:42 PM
This technology would make DUI's non-existent. Crashes on the road would decrease dramatically. I can't wait for the future!
<boring factoid>
Even if this technology worked 100%, you could *still* be charged with an offence in the UK, that of "being in charge of a motor vehicle whilst drunk". There's meant to be a valid defence if you can prove you didn't intend to drive, but there have been some really stupid outcomes in court. One guy even got prosecuted for retrieving his briefcase from the boot of his car in a pub car park before intending to call a taxi to take him home - by opening his car, it was deemed he'd committed the offence of being in charge of the vehicle whilst over the limit.
</boring factoid>
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 swoop408
Male, 18-29, Western US
1768 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:21:00 PM
Evan! I was thinking the exact same thing. |
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 evanbartlett
Male, 30-39, Western US
551 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:06:41 PM
Yet another step in moving "Minority Report" into reality. |
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 Kain1
Male, 18-29, Europe
1309 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:56:25 AM
Someone find a duck, i'll bring the scales.. Someone needs to get burned at the stake for this magnificent piece of black magic.. |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:16:30 AM
Witchcraft |
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 burbclaver
Male, 50-59, Western US
859 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:16:20 AM
At the moment you have to have a driver, but I bet UPS and FedEx can't wait for the day when autonomous vehicles are allowed and they can dispense with all those pesky employees. |
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burbclaver
Male, 50-59, Western US
859 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:14:37 AM
Google has been driving these cars around CA for some time. However, the current law demands that the driver is licensed, competent, and sober, since it is possible they can take over control. So, I don't understand how a blind person can be behind the wheel and eating a taco on public streets. Maybe they had a police escort. |
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swoop408
Male, 18-29, Western US
1768 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 11:06:20 AM
Hey it's in my neck of the woods! Very cool! For the people concerned with safety -- Self Driving cars react faster and more efficiently than any human being is capable of. So there goes that argument....
This technology would make DUI's non-existent. Crashes on the road would decrease dramatically. I can't wait for the future! |
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DOUBLE_L7
Male, 18-29, Canada
66 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:39:51 AM
Will the cops still give out tickets for talking on your cell? |
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jamie76
Male, 30-39, Western US
2249 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:38:54 AM
DO WANT...you do too so stop acting like you don't!
and like all tech breakthroughs that change the world it may be rough going at first but we will adapt and it will get better! |
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toomuchbuko
Male, 18-29, Western US
12 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:33:52 AM
Yeah!!! I don't have to drive drunk anymore! |
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 DingDingDong
Male, 30-39, Western US
1428 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:28:57 AM
Pretty awesome. Seemed dangerous to be testing it out on the streets like that; then I saw they partnered with the Police Dept. |
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 PinkRhoid
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1160 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:28:47 AM
Unfortunately if this is pushed out to public all wrecks involving one would likely be pinned on it unless it was blatantly the other guy. This would be made worse by the likelihood that no one in the self driving car would be paying much attention to account for what happened. |
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 slipwax
Male, 18-29, Western US
155 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:26:57 AM
That car sucks at parking. Fail |
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 unmercyfuldu
Male, 18-29, Western US
733 Posts
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:26:36 AM
Hey! That was in my hometown of Morgan Hill! How cool.
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