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No steering wheel. No pedals. Google gets serious about self-driving cars |
May 28, 2014
So you’re fascinated with self-driving cars, eh? Are you fascinated enough to try one that has no steering wheel and no pedals? That’s the next, dramatic step for Google in its determination to create a fully autonomous car.
No matter how cool this all sounds, the thought of ceding all major control to the computer in the car is still a big conceptual leap for most people. That could be why Google’s prototype for this evolutionary shift looks like a simplified Herbie the Love Bug. There’s a cunning LiDAR hat on top, with round, friendly, faux headlights for eyes, what looks like an adorable cluster of sensors for its nose, and of course, a broad smile where a radiator might be (except this will be an electric car).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2202080/no-steering-wheel-no-pedals-google-gets-serious-about-self-driving-cars.html#tk.rss_all
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