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

Thu Oct 27 12:30:35 UTC 2011

Gary, I am truly in awe of these cars, however I am curious as to what the 
cost will be, and how will the 70% of unemployed blind folks be able to 
afford them, let alone the insurance cost for these vehicles. And let's not 
forget the possibility of a blown fuse and the system going down, what does 
one do then?

Fred Olver
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From: "Gary Wunder" <GWunder at earthlink.net>
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Subject: [Nfbmo] FW: [Nfb-rdcomm] FW: Google Alert - autonomous vehicles

>I thought some of you want be interested in these articles about vehicles
> able to drive themselves.
>
> Gary
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> 5 new results for autonomous vehicles
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> <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, ...
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> <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
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> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/10/20/
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> 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 ...
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> google-unveils-driverless-car-tech/&ct=ga&cad=CAEQAhgAIAAoAzABOAFAp5uC9QRIAV
> AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6ILIbknwlV0&usg=AFQjCNE_D72eFg7_jAVhtSZSWqnaMD--Fg> News
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> <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 ...
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> <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
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> <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 ...
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> <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
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> &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. ...
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