[Nfbmo] FW: [Nfb-rdcomm] FW: Google Alert - autonomous vehicles

[Gary Wunder]

I thought some of you want be interested in these articles about vehicles
able to drive themselves.
 
Gary
 
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Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:08 PM
To: Jaquiss, Robert
Subject: Google Alert - autonomous vehicles

 



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5 new results for autonomous vehicles


 


 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,23950
49,00.asp&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknw
lV0&usg=AFQjCNHEM5EP14vEfdihbt3bgXwIj9Y2-w> Google's Self-Driving Car
Challenge: 1 Million Miles, By Itself
PC Magazine
(Google has also released videos of its autonomous vehicles in action.)
Driver intervention, however, could be something as innocuous as tapping the
brakes or steering to avoid a wandering squirrel. To make an autonomous car
a mainstream product, ...
 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3D
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395049,00.asp%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=
ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjAAOABAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjC
NHzRig7CNF72JOjETdvFcRCaDKLmg> See all stories on this topic >



 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/10/20/
google-unveils-driverless-car-tech/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATABOAFAp5uC9QRIAV
AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNE_D72eFg7_jAVhtSZSWqnaMD--Fg> Google
Unveils Driverless Car Tech
Fox News
The website's co-founder Sergey Brin announced Wednesday that 10 percent of
the company is working on innovative projects outside the web domain -- the
first of which is the building of "autonomous" cars. The driverless
vehicles, which travel through ...
 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3D
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/10/20/google-unveils-driverless-car-tech
/%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjABOAFAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVV
T&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNFoG3t8W6L7u1hKgd2WMHlkJ42d4g> See all stories on
this topic >

 
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google-unveils-driverless-car-tech/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoAjABOAFAp5uC9QRIAV
AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNE_D72eFg7_jAVhtSZSWqnaMD--Fg> 
Fox
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/10/20/
google-unveils-driverless-car-tech/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoAzABOAFAp5uC9QRIAV
AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNE_D72eFg7_jAVhtSZSWqnaMD--Fg> News


 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/234464/2011
1020/general-motors-says-driverless-cars-are-coming-by-2020-au-ibtimes-com-i
btimesau-ibtimes-com-au.htm&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATACOAJAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBW
VuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNG4lHJPBeK-o4pi9CH8RczZlPARZw> General Motors
says Driverless Cars are Coming by 2020
International Business Times AU
The announcement is a bold statement from GM, and a clear signal of its
intention to be a leader in the production of autonomous cars. It follows
last week's unveiling of the second-generation Chevrolet EN-V concept - a
vehicle with the ability to drop ...
 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3D
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/234464/20111020/general-motors-says-driverles
s-cars-are-coming-by-2020-au-ibtimes-com-ibtimesau-ibtimes-com-au.htm%26hl%3
Den%26geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjACOAJAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6IL
IbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNHRI0-Lq6trQGiOK7ZfQ-OT_3BVaw> See all stories on this
topic >


 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2011/10/20/t
he-social-network-for-cars-national-tests-afoot-for-wireless-collision-avoid
ance-system/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATADOANAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIb
knwlV0&usg=AFQjCNEwHR6gLolz0SgI9v_R7yPDCObRMQ> The Social Network for Cars:
National Tests Afoot for Wireless Collision ...
Xconomy
But advances in GPS location technologies, wireless communications, sensors,
hardware, and algorithms are enabling smarter, better-connected vehicles to
be tested on a bigger scale. And recent breakthroughs such as autonomous
road-racing vehicles and ...
 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3D
http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2011/10/20/the-social-network-for-cars-nationa
l-tests-afoot-for-wireless-collision-avoidance-system/%26hl%3Den%26geo%3Dus&
ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjADOANAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AF
QjCNHU1wWMqkxVHK0HdR9xk9W-fhA1DQ> See all stories on this topic >


 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/vi
deo-robot-tank-bombs/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoATAEOARAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT
&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNFZhVbs-7rnKWv3sxUFVwBFvH28Lw> Exclusive Video:
Robot Mini-Tank Battles Homemade Bombs
Wired News (blog)
It's used a lot of ground robots at war - not always with good results - and
may not see the need for an autonomous mini-tank. The Acer's origins start
in 2003 with a forgotten Army program called the Robotic Combat Support
System. ...
 
<http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3D
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/video-robot-tank-bombs/%26hl%3Den%26
geo%3Dus&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoBjAEOARAp5uC9QRIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwl
V0&usg=AFQjCNEClgPZ4iSAF1z-baDdFOp8lM-D9g> See all stories on this topic >

 

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