I really pray to god at a full-fledge that it should be successful and prevellent in our country so that visually impaired don't have to rely on drivers. Anyway, thanks a lot for sharing
On 10/11/10, Shadab Husain <shadab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Google testing car that drives by itself: report > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Device atop the car gives details of surroundings > > Google engineer Sebastian Thrun is behind the project > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > New York: Internet giant Google is secretly developing a car that can drive > itself, using artificial intelligence, a report says. > > Seven test cars have driven 1,000 miles without human intervention and more > than 1,40,000 miles with only occasional human control, The New York Times > reported. > > The car project of Google uses artificial intelligence software that can > sense anything near the car and mimics the decisions made by a human driver. > > The device atop the car produces a detailed map of the environment which is > used to navigate safely. > > One test car drove itself down Lombard Street in San Francisco, one of the > steepest and curviest streets in the United States. > > The only accident, engineers said, was when one Google car was rear-ended > while stopped at a traffic light. > > Autonomous cars are years from mass production, but technologists, who have > long dreamed of them, believe that they can transform society as profoundly > as the Internet has. > > Robot drivers react faster than humans, have 360-degree perception and do > not get distracted, sleepy or intoxicated, the engineers argue. > > They say the technology could double the capacity of roads by allowing cars > to drive more safely while closer together. Because the robot cars would > eventually > be less likely to crash, they could be built lighter, reducing fuel > consumption. The car can be programmed for different driving personalities. > > The project is the brainchild of Sebastian Thrun, the 43-year-old director > of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a Google engineer and > the > co-inventor of the Street View mapping service. > > Google is using six Priuses and an Audi TT in the project. > > Google researchers said the company did not yet have a clear plan to create > a business. - PTI > http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/11/stories/2010101162332000.htm > > > There is enough light for one who wants to see. > Easy tips of improving English at > http://shadablucknow.blogspot.com/ > My contributions to the press > http://shadablucknow.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-contributions-to-press.html#link > Many posts on one page > http://shadablucknow.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=47 > > To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- Mob: 9900250122 Res: 080-23236014 Skype: k.jagadeshwari78 To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
