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Volvo has plans to sell autonomous cars in 2014. And this idea that Google has invented something that the car companies haven't is just ridiculous. Car compan
by taligent 14y ago
Volvo has plans to sell autonomous cars in 2014.
And this idea that Google has invented something that the car companies haven't is just ridiculous. Car companies have been selling millions of self-parking and auto avoidance cars for the last few years. So they clearly have the ability to deliver intelligent control systems.
As for Google Glasses well all I've seen to date is a video camera on your head (around for years) and a science fiction promo video.
- jfoster 14y agoMy point is that "inventing" isn't what I value. What Volvo and Google are doing is what I value. Apple do it too. Companies like Apple, Google, and Volvo were not the first with tablets or autonomous vehicles, but they were the first to adapt such inventions into products that the market can accept. (I am making the assumption that Volvo & Google will produce autonomous vehicles that the market will accept) It's almost like the difference between "having an idea" and "achieving product-market fit".