Not really, we spend that kind of money all the time. We spend 3 or 4 times that on a house (depending on geographic area and the market). We spend that on college, something as fundamental as transportation I’m sure they will. If you have the job to support it or a family collectively with the income and a blind child don’t you think the parents would save up for long enough to set that child up with transportation when they get old enough? It depends on what transportation is worth to you. If you don’t need it, use public transit and it meets your needs you may not care, just like the sited in fact. Lots of people in the center of cities don’t own cars, they don’t need them. However, if you’re like the 90% of us who live outside the city center, off the public transit path and you need to get to work you’ll make it happen. I’m for special financing for blind users and things to offset the expense for the poorest among us because I do believe removing the transportation barrier will do us all a huge amount of good. Also, the 6 figure price tag will almost certainly drop rapidly because of the sited interest. It will be just another option on most cars shortly after. Folks like Tesla and BMW will do the heavy lifting and the features will trickle down in to the Hondas and Fords of the world. My car now will follow the lane markers, break and gas and control itself in traffic as it stands. It’s not much more to go to make it work end to end and my car was only 56K not 100+.
> On Sep 21, 2015, at 2:00 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. 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