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Video shows Google self-driving car hit bus

Newly released video shows recorded by cameras on the bus show the moment a Google self-driving car learned the hard way not to tussle with a public bus. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk Google is doing the right thing in … Continue reading

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Fully autonomous cars not due until 2050 –

Experts have said we will have to wait some time for autonomous cars, with all vehicles predicted to be ‘highly autonomous’ by 2040 but not fully driverless until 10 years later. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk That’s not what everyone … Continue reading

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Google’s meetings with UK Government over driverless cars revealed

Internet giant has held five meetings with the Department for Transport in the last two years, documents obtained by the Telegraph show Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk I hope that in their discussions they are talking to industry experts trusted … Continue reading

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Google Tests Autonomous Cars for ‘Weird Situations’ on Surface Streets – Government Technology

The director of Google’s self-driving cars says the cars have confronted a variety of scenes on surface streets around the company’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.govtech.com It’s great that Google are doing this testing with autonomous … Continue reading

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Car Robot City Opens in Michigan; Autonomous Cars Learn To Drive : US … – Headlines & Global News

‘M City’ is expected to accelerate the production of usable, safe and convenient autonomous car technology as early as 2020. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.hngn.com I love it when Science fiction meets reality. Instead of teaching children to drive, this … Continue reading

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Please meet Budii, the autonomous car – RCR Wireless News

Harman is working with Rinspeed along with other industry players on Budii the autonomous car. Sitting inside made it feel closer to being a reality soon. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.rcrwireless.com This is a great example of a future concept … Continue reading

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Google car causes injury for the first time

Google reveals a self-driving car prototype has been involved in an injury accident for the first time… Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.driven.co.nz There are two reasons why this story gets a mention. First because Google is so busy saying they … Continue reading

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Google will now tell us when its autonomous cars crash – TechnoBuffalo

Connected cars are a great concept. Based on my many visits to Japan, their engineers would suggest though, that the priority for the non-connected cars would be to get better drivers. Continue reading

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Google’s self-driving cars have been in 11 accidents because humans are dumb

The viability of self-driving cars will likely be debated and scoffed at for a long time, but at least we know they’re not distracted by their cellphones. In an article… Source: thenextweb.com This is exactly the point I have been … Continue reading

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