Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals.

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Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals.

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RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals.

May 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm

(May 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm)ThePinsir Wrote: I wonder if they can recognize a child dart in the middle is the street...then stop in time. Seems like it should have an emergency brake or something.

Also, I can imagine hackers/cyber-douches can get people killed...

Recognizing a child darting into the street is one thing that I would suspect they've factored in. There's still stopping time - even taking human reaction time out of the equation, it still takes a finite amount of time to stop any vehicle.

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Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by MountainsWinAgain - May 28, 2014 at 6:04 am

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Minimalist - May 28, 2014 at 1:04 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by zebo-the-fat - May 28, 2014 at 1:14 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by ThePinsir - May 28, 2014 at 2:00 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Jackalope - May 28, 2014 at 3:19 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Heywood - May 28, 2014 at 4:18 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Minimalist - May 28, 2014 at 3:51 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by MindForgedManacle - May 28, 2014 at 8:55 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Heywood - May 28, 2014 at 11:59 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Mister Agenda - May 29, 2014 at 11:19 am

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by zebo-the-fat - May 29, 2014 at 1:43 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Heywood - May 29, 2014 at 2:26 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by zebo-the-fat - May 29, 2014 at 3:22 pm

RE: Google BUILDS 100% self-driving electric car, no wheel, no pedals. - by Anomalocaris - May 29, 2014 at 3:27 pm

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