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How Google's Self-Driving Car Works

• wccrawford 15y ago
  They talk about tapping your smartphone to get an unmanned car to show up, but... Isn't that what a taxi is? Other than saving the cost of a driver, how does this really improve things?
  • FrojoS 15y ago
    Removing the cost of the driver will have an tremendous effect. It will bring down the cost of a taxi ride near to the cost of driving with your own car (plus the way the car had to drive to get to you). I have big hopes, that this technology will close the 'last mile' problem of public transportation.
    • 13rules 15y ago
      Absolutely ... imagine ZipCar, but you don't have to go to where the car is -- it can come to you!
      • beej71 15y ago
        And idling zipcars could park themselves in optimal locations around town, too!
• youngtaff 15y ago
  In the UK there was a nice slot about it in Channel 4's Brave New World last night