I don't know, Scott, that's a lot of $$. some people undoubtedly will, but some just won't be able to. Cheers, Donna > On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dona, the bigger question is can we afford not to have it? Even if it’s 100K > the point is you’ll work it out. Whether it’s interest free loans for the > blind or regular interest loans from the auto market you’ll make it work. > Costs will be high at first but they will drop and they will drop quickly > because these aren’t devices for just the blind, it’s for everyone so the > mass market and mass production economies of scale come in to play. Even if > it’s 100K though I for one would save up and finance what I couldn’t cover. > >> On Sep 18, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> then the question will be can any of us afford it. :) >> Cheers, >> Donna >>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Pete Nalda <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> With the success Google is having, it won't be long until we see one from >>> Apple. Google's testing here in Austin without incident. >>> >>> Egun On, Lagunak! (basque for G'day, Mates >>> Louie P (Pete) Nalda >>> MySpace.com/musikonalda >>> Facebook.com/lpnalda >>> Linkedin.com/in/lpnalda >>> Twitter: @lpnalda >>> >>>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> >>>> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I just saw this on MacRumors and thought you guys would be interested if >>>>> you haven't seen it. I sooooooooooo want to be a test driver! >>>>> http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/18/apple-met-california-dmv-autonomous-vehicle/?utm_source=osx&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=front >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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