With Google's dream of a car that you drive alone, which until now seemed a dream of science fiction films and 'come true'. Again the technology and 'managed to make the suggestions of writers and visionary filmmakers. In particular, imagine a machine of this type, was the first Stephen King, and John Carpenter who has translated his idea on the big screen. The film, like the novel, in 1983, was called,''Christine,''the infernal machine. It tells the story of his car, as a living being, moves and acts independently. Still unnamed, this' self-driving cars', has already 'run at least 140 thousand miles on public roads in the State of California, without through every obstacle to an integrated system composed of powerful cameras, radar sensors and navigation can constantly monitor the location of the car. All course coordinated by a computer on board. According to The New York Times, the driver or passenger would be better to speak of, normally sits in its place and it 'still able to take control of the operation at all times. For the popular blog search engine, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has already 'authorized the movement of these cars, provided it does not circulate on their own. The same Google has informed the police of the 'Golden State' on their invention, maintaining the presence of a person on board able to correct any defect. From the outside, this 'Google car', appears as a normal Toyota Prius, which has a strange cylinder on the roof. In recent months when he shot secretly writes the NYT, had no need of any repair by the man, except for prior checking on the operation of the software. Some experts believe that it could represent a revolution of human displacement, comparable to the advent of the Internet.
During the trial, the only problem 'was caused by collision with another motorist at a traffic light. And against those who can not drive, unfortunately, there is no 'taking technology. The project was developed by Sebastian Thrun, 43, director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, who worked for Google and co-invetore of the famous Street View program. It is estimated that more 'optimistic it will take at least another eight years to develop this type of car to commercial level. In this way we could greatly reduce the incidence of mortality 'in the streets, which in the U.S. alone causes 37 000 victims a year. Meanwhile, the laws of the road must necessarily adapt to new perspectives.
(source: Ansa.it)
