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Vehl

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8. Imo It will "see" both the ball and the kid.

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:03 PM

Mar 2012

The sensors on the car provide a 360 degree 3D image of the surrounding world to the car. This image is refreshed dozens(and for certain sensors, Hundreds) of times a second, enabling it to react and "see" stuff much faster than a human could

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Check this awesome video where they show how it all works..and the Video is an year old already...the tech they have now would be even more impressive

An year ago, it was good enough to drive at 43 miles per hour, in a rooftop garage, while navigating obstacles.Check that hair-raising vid out here

^^ the Reporter nearly freaks out at the speed...as he only expected the car to drive around at 5 to 10 miles/h

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Google puts a blind man behind the wheel of its self-driving car (video) [View all] Vehl Mar 2012 OP

Wow indeed. trumad Mar 2012 #1

I wonder if it can stop for the proverbial .... Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2012 #2

I have seen the Google street view car on my road. Cleita Mar 2012 #3

I don't think those Google Street cars are robotic Hugabear Mar 2012 #16

You are right, but they seem to Cleita Mar 2012 #17

i don't doubt it one bit. uncle ray Mar 2012 #4

I had "the ball" scenario happen to me while in high school driver's ED. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2012 #5

Imo It will "see" both the ball and the kid. Vehl Mar 2012 #8

Fascinating and inspiring. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #6

Yep Vehl Mar 2012 #10

... and texting drivers, sleepy drivers, drivers with children who are screaming, ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #11

One day CJCRANE Mar 2012 #7

I would hope I could get mine programed with "aggressive or territorial instincts" Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2012 #13

You know that, once these go up for sale, they'll be hacked within a week. Xithras Mar 2012 #15

Then it would end up being something like this. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #18

good one. lol Vehl Mar 2012 #21

Just like all those riders who sleep on the subway and buses lunatica Mar 2012 #9

What would be the cost of a car like that? RebelOne Mar 2012 #12

Right now the cost will be probably high.. Vehl Mar 2012 #14

Now if they put solar panels on the roof to run them, they will have Cleita Mar 2012 #19

yep! nt Vehl Mar 2012 #20

Hell this and the augmented glasses madokie Apr 2012 #22