by brian » Thu Jun 03, 2010 1:16 pm
June 1, 2010: From the Washington Post comes article
With advanced sensors, cars become increasingly capable of driving themselves
Cars now have sophisticated sensors based on cameras, radar and lasers. These sensors currently can provide drivers with adaptive cruise control and semi-autonomous parking systems. Ultimately, these sensors may mean bypassing the fallible humans behind the wheel.
Traffic accidents kill about 37,000 people a year in the United States, with driver error a contributing factor in more than 90 percent of those accidents.
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June 1, 2010: From the Washington Post comes article [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/31/AR2010053101915.html?wprss=rss_technology]With advanced sensors, cars become increasingly capable of driving themselves[/url]
Cars now have sophisticated sensors based on cameras, radar and lasers. These sensors currently can provide drivers with adaptive cruise control and semi-autonomous parking systems. Ultimately, these sensors may mean bypassing the fallible humans behind the wheel.
Traffic accidents kill about 37,000 people a year in the United States, with driver error a contributing factor in more than 90 percent of those accidents.
See the [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/31/AR2010053101915.html?wprss=rss_technology]full article[/url].
see also
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