Yes. Yes.
Yes. According to Daily Finance:
“This is no pipe dream.
Google's (GOOG) well-publicized experiments
with self-driving cars have shown the world that this is real technology, not a
science-fiction dream. In fact, it's just one more step on a journey that has
been under way for several years -- a journey toward taking the
"driving" out of car ownership.”
Google has been hard at work at this process, you can check out their
progress here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Fxp3HK6DI The vehicle drives itself, maintaining speed
and angles throughout.
Other
manufacturers like Mercedes are working on a system that will allow drivers to
leave the car to drive itself at speeds of up to 30 mph (gotta start
somewhere!). The process is somewhat
similar to radar cruise control, in which the autonomous driving system uses a
series of cameras and sensors to control the speed of the car and the distance
to the front of the other vehicle. Mercedes-Benz engineer Dr
Stefan Schweher told the website the technology "allows the driver to
concentrate on other things" while they navigated morning or evening
traffic.
Wow, sounds pretty cool! What
do you think? Would you want your car to
drive for you? Leave us feedback!
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