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  • Driving your own car is so passé

    2011-03-22 08:00:00 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    No longer a concept reserved for futuristic movies, self-driving cars are closer to becoming a reality than you might think. In fact, they are a reality (just not yet a mainstream one) thanks to the Google empire. Presenting at a recent TED conference in Long Beach, California, Google’s head software engineer Sebastian Thrun showed these videos of the car in action.
  • Driving your own car is so passé. Google introduces self-driving robotic cars

    2011-03-21 11:18:59 // // The Idealog Blog
    No longer a concept reserved for futuristic movies, self-driving cars are closer to becoming a reality than you might think. In fact, they are a reality (just not yet a mainstream one) thanks to the Google empire. Presenting at a recent TED conference in Long Beach, California, Google’s head software engineer Sebastian Thrun showed these videos of the car in action.