Google Secretly Developing Driverless Cars?

Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving.

The car is a project of Google, which has been working in secret but in plain view on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver.




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1dott8 - 10/11/2010 4:02:07 PM

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As a car enthusiast, i'll pass.

quizz - 10/11/2010 4:40:21 PM

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"mimic" the decisions made by a human, huh? What about the all so common "flipping the bird" ritual that humans do when they get cut off?

WorldofLuxury - 10/11/2010 5:40:33 PM

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I'd like this for my rush hour drive home, please. Oh, and it'd be nice to have other cars have this feature too! I assume this system can not only help with safety but also deal with driving efficiently. I live in LA, and I'm just not ready for public transport yet, but it would be nice if all the cars could move smoothly in one big caravan like a train.