I've installed an arduino based autopilot on my solar boat last year and
it's been an interesting addition.  It's not that smart despite having an
internal gyroscope, GPS, compass but I do like it, it will maintain a
course even if there is a weight shift or wind change that would normally
sway the boat off course.  One other great benefit is hands freed up to
throw a hook and line. I also use it occasionally to follow me in my other
boats such as when kayaking - makes a great pit stop when you want to get
out.
One interesting note around this technology especially with cars is stereo
systems- I had to mount the autopilot as far away as possible from the
speakers as the magnetic and the pumping of them would throw the autopilot
off big time.  Those who put multi- thousand watt systems in their cars or
drive close to one of these "ghetto boxes on wheels" will render their
autopilots into a circling nervous driver :-)  I'm sure the technology will
learn to overcome these issues but something to consider.

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Paul Dove via EV <[email protected]> wrote:

> Now that's funny. I don't care who you are.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 6, 2015, at 7:02 PM, Lawrence Winiarski <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Maybe this will work.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8yE3_Vw144
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Paul Dove via EV <[email protected]>
> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 4:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] self driving cars
> >
> > You mean Diebold?
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Apr 6, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Lawrence Winiarski via EV <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Yeah,
> > >
> > > Maybe these same people would accept some sort of artificial
> intelligence program which would analyse their facebook postingsand social
> media and automatically vote for them in elections.    If they will trust
> their lives going 70 mph to some computer algorithm by some nameless
> programmers who work for some corporation (who can't even make a web
> browser that doesn't fail), why wouldn't they trust a corporation to
> automatically vote for them?
> > >
> > > After all...what could go wrong?
> > > Am I missing something?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  From: Electric Blue auto convertions via EV <[email protected]>
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 11:09 AM
> > > Subject: [EVDL] self driving cars
> > >
> > > The day Im forced to get into a self driving car is when I take my
> shot gun and blow it away . the very thought if a SDC makes me vomit
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