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<DIV><SPAN class=828134714-04022012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Good
Morning Cindy,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=828134714-04022012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Actually, NFB is trying to bring together technology developed by
others. That's why we have issued a challenge to engineers, colleges and others
to work with us on developing a car that can be used by blind people and other
drivers. A great deal of the technology in our car is already on cars being
driven by the public; over-rides etc. Some manufacturers have looked at our
technology and no doubt one day it will be standard on all cars. We are
already developing our second prototype. Obviously there is much more to
learn and develop.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=828134714-04022012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Cathy</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfbk-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>cindy smith<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Saturday, February 04, 2012 9:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B> NFB of Kentucky Internet
Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nfbk] Let the Robot Drive: The Autonomous
Car of the Future IsHere | Magazine<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>This was Very
interesting, Kevin. The first thing I thought of while reading this was,
"What about the blind driver challenge, all the research and technology going
into that project?" Sure seems like things would go faster at less cost if
All the R&D came together for the common goal. Hmmmmmm.
<DIV>Thanks, Kev.</DIV>
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<DIV>Cindy</DIV>
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<DIV>On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Kevin Pearl wrote:</DIV><BR
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object, vaguely pink,</STRONG> sits on the shoulder of the freeway,
slowly shimmering into view. Is it roadkill? A weird kind of sagebrush? No,
wait, it’s … a puffy chunk of foam insulation! “The laser almost certainly got
returns off of it,” says Chris Urmson, sitting behind the wheel of the Prius
he is not driving. A note is made (FOD: foreign object or debris, lane 1) as
we drive past, to help our computerized car understand the curious flotsam it
has just seen.</P>
<P
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">It’s
a Monday, midday, and we are heading north on California Highway 85 in a
Google autonomous vehicle. In October 2010, when <EM
style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; FONT-STYLE: italic; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; OUTLINE-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The
New York Times</EM>reported that Google had built a fleet of self-driving cars
that had already collectively traversed some 140,000 miles of California
asphalt, it came as a shock, a terrestrial Sputnik. Now the cars, with their
whirling rooftop laser arrays, are as familiar in the Bay Area as the
company’s camera-crowned Street View vehicles. Indeed, the two are often
confused, which is presumably why the words “self-driving car” have recently
been plastered on this one’s driver-side door.</P>
<DIV>read the entire article at:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://m.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/ff_autonomouscars/">http://m.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/ff_autonomouscars/</A></DIV>
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