I hear this a lot from people in regards to the autonomous car reality and "what if the computer crashed". Well, what if the driver you just passed crashed? It's a risk a person takes when he gets on the road, and from observations and research, computers crash less than humans do.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > > I'd love a car which I could use myself. Probably cost a fortune. I could > go to work in my car, or go and see parents in my car or go and get shopping > and fasten my guide dog in the back. She's have a whale of a time as she'd > not have too much work to do. The only scary thing would be that supposing > the computer in the car went wrong and it crashed? > On 18 Sep 2015, at 16:48, Denise Barajas <dbaraja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This certainly would be very interesting. I haven't really heard or read very > much of anything, due to the fact that I myself find myself extremely > occupied more or less on the daily basis. When I'm not going to school, I > kind of just chill out and try to either run my own errands out of the house > and usually when I'm in the public transit system, I like to get lost in my > favorite music. Otherwise, if I stay home, I try my best to try and catch up > with important email, or I just play my mud client game. It certainly does > think a few questions though. How safe and how credible could a project like > this be especially for those of us with no vision? There are many more that > can come to my mind at the moment, but I can't really think of writing them, > as I'm barely starting my day myself. Either way though, I have posted this > on various places and if they do turn out to be well equipped and well > established, I might consider going to try one of them myself. I hope these > thoughts don't sound too general or two simple. Blessings to all of you > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 18, 2015, at 08:06, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Oh I think sited users will do just fine. There are screens where the >> windows would be so they will still be able to see outside. It’s just now >> they will have night vision and infrared as well as the regular optical >> spectrum. Depends on how good the screens are I guess. I used to work next >> to Dolby labs and got a tour once. They had a demonstration of a window >> that looked outside and then a screen mounted in the wall that looked >> exactly the same shape / size as the real window and the demonstration was >> you had to guess which one was real and which was a screen. Most people >> couldn’t tell the difference. So if they have technology like that probably >> sited users won’t mind if it’s a glass screen instead of a glass window. >> Only difference is you can’t roll it down. That being said though the car >> would be much safer because it doesn’t have all the cutout spots for windows >> and viewing areas. You can use solid metal panels and have a lot more >> rigidity and structural stability with out the window so crashes should be >> safer. >> >> >> >>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Wow, that design does sound pretty hideous. However, I don't think the lack >>> of windows will stand. I don't think cited users would put up with that for >>> a minute! >>> >>> It is interesting what Google has done. Always good to have choices! >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dona, has anyone described to you what this prototype car looks like? >>>> There were some photos leaked a while back, who knows since they are >>>> rumors but they basically had a pod that had 4 wheels (it’s not a 3 >>>> wheeler like some models) and it had no (0) windows. Think about that for >>>> a minute. What it did have were screens and cameras and a ton of >>>> autonomous driving features. >>>> You’d also be interested in what Google is doing. They have already had >>>> blind folks operating their autonomous vehicles for a while now. I >>>> believe that one of the engineers on the project is blind but I haven’t >>>> been able to come up with a name. I saw a special on CNBC about a year >>>> ago and can’t recall the gentleman’s name they had who was using the car >>>> to get to and from work and to the store etc. It would drop him off in >>>> front of the grocery store door, he’d do his thing and come out and hit a >>>> key fob that would summon the car that had parked it self and it pulled up >>>> and picked him up. >>>> >>>> Never thought I’d see it in my lifetime, shocks me how far along they >>>> actually are. Google has made massive steps forward in machine vision. >>>> >>>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I just saw this on MacRumors and thought you guys would be interested if >>>>> you haven't seen it. 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