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Driverless Car By 2018
2008-01-09 13:25:00 CES: Dude, Where’s My Driverless Car? [Digital Daily]So General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner says the company expects to have driverless cars on the road by 2018.
By: prochow
GM Envisions Driverless Cars
2008-01-08 22:26:00 Your scifi update Cars that drive themselves - even parking at their destination - could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say. GM, parts suppliers, university engineers and other automakers all are working on vehicles that could revolutionize short- and long-distance travel. And Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas ...
By: Pirate's Cove
GM Aims to Put Driverless Cars on the Road by 2018
2008-01-07 19:59:00 'General Motors envisions a huge change taking place on U.S. roadways over the next 10 years. The company plans to test driverless car technology by 2015 and have cars on the road around 2018. The results could mean improvements in traffic, safety and auto emissions, but many questions remain regarding regulation and whether drivers will ever want to hand the wheel over to a computer.'Cars that drive themselves -- even parking at their destination -- could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors (NYSE: GM) Latest News about General Motors executives say.GM, parts suppliers, university engineers and other automakers all are working on vehicles that could revolutionize short- and long-distance travel. Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner will devote part of his speech to the driverless vehicles."This is not science fiction," Larry Burns, GM's vice president for research and development, said in a recent interview.'A Total...
Wagoner expected to announce driverless cars within a decade
2008-01-07 14:17:00 From Autoblog: CEO Rick Wagoner won't be making his keynote address at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show until Tuesday, but word is that a big talking point in his speech will be driverless cars. According to CNN Money/Autos, Wagoner is expected to reveal that GM will b
GM researching driverless cars
2008-01-07 10:40:00 BusinessWeek - There's some very fundamental, basic regulations in the way of that vision in many countries,” said Thrun, a professor of computer science and electrical engineering. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Driverless Truck Prototype May Steer Into Combat Zones
2008-01-01 17:04:00 'Driverless truck TerraMax safely avoided vehicles driven by humans that passed through the same parking lot, and it obeyed traffic laws with such precision that a roadside observer might have believed a person was driving. It takes only minutes for a passenger to trust the vehicle, just as one doesn't worry what the chauffeur is doing in a limousine.'Sitting high in the cab of the hulking lime-green TerraMax truck, a driver can be excused for instinctively grabbing the steering wheel. There's no need. TerraMax is a self-driving vehicle, a prototype designed to navigate and obey traffic rules -- all while the people inside, if there are any, do anything but drive. During a recent test on property owned by manufacturer Oshkosh Truck, TerraMax barreled down a dusty road with its driver seat empty. It stopped at a four-way intersection and waited as staged traffic resolved before obediently lurching on its way. Future of the Military If the Defense Department gets its way, vehicles...
Driverless “pods” coming to London Heathrow
2007-12-19 03:00:00 Heathrow Airport will soon get the world’s first driverless personal rapid transport (PRD) system. Sounds cool. They’ll be on-demand, with no no timetables, no emissions and no rails. They can technically be programmed to go to any destination, with touch-screens inside each pod to choose the destination. 18 of these pods will ferry you at up to 25mph to & from the business car park to the new terminal 5 building currently being built. It’s already under construction and should be completed in less than two years, at a cost of £25M. According to the people implementing this, ATS from Bristol, the maximum wait time is only 12 seconds. Whats more, vehicles will have their own dedicated paths, with no congestion and no traffic lights, so they’re promising a non-stop journey. Sounds awesome.
Driverless “pods” coming to London Heathrow
2007-12-19 03:00:00 Heathrow Airport will soon get the world’s first driverless personal rapid transport (PRD) system. Sounds cool. They’ll be on-demand, with no no timetables, no emissions and no rails. They can technically be programmed to go to any destination, with touch-screens inside each pod to choose the destination. 18 of these pods will ferry you at up to 25mph to & from the business car park to the new terminal 5 building currently being built. It’s already under construction and should be completed in less than two years, at a cost of £25M. According to the people implementing this, ATS from Bristol, the maximum wait time is only 12 seconds. Whats more, vehicles will have their own dedicated paths, with no congestion and no traffic lights, so they’re promising a non-stop journey. Sounds awesome.
Driverless SUV wins $2 million Pentagon race
2007-11-04 21:58:00 Cars with whirling lasers on top, moving cameras on the sides and banks of computers inside sped through the streets of a California desert ghost town on Saturday in a robot race ? no drivers needed.
Driverless Robotic Vehicle 'BOSS' Win 2M Prize in California
2007-11-04 19:48:00 A driverless car called Boss has scooped a $2m prize in a Californian race for robotic vehicles. Boss shared the road with human drivers to simulate trafficBoss successfully drove around an urban environment, avoiding other cars, and covering 60 miles (85km) in less than six hours, all without any human control. The modified Chevrolet Tahoe was one of six cars that crossed the finish line, from a pack of 11 robotic vehicles which set off at dawn. The others had to pull out after crashes or other problems. The race was organised by the US military's Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) and is designed to develop unmanned vehicles that could be used in battle situations. Automotive manufacturers say the technology could eventually lead to self-driving cars. Boss navigated around a simulated town, created on a disused US Air Force base in Victorville, in the Californian desert. It had to deal with single and dual carriageway roads, junctions, buildings and car parks. As w...
11 driverless vehicles race for $2 million
2007-11-02 23:55:00 Eleven autonomous vehicles are set to vie Saturday in a multimillion-dollar, Pentagon-sponsored road race that will test their ability to drive in traffic without human help.
Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger (SiRF III, Driverless, 128MB, Push to Log) (Wi
2007-10-27 03:10:00 Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger (SiRF III, Driverless, 128MB, Push to Log) (Windows and Mac Image Software included)By Amod Buy new: $69.99 Customer Rating: First tagged “gps” by “yodelingyak” Customer tags: mapping, ...
Town tries out driverless car controlled by computer
2007-09-28 06:22:00 From BBC News: A driverless car which is controlled by computer and uses lasers to avoid obstacles is being demonstrated in a Northamptonshire town. Daventry is investigating ways to increase the use of public transport and reduce reliance on cars. The town council believes the Cybercars, which are called by pressing a button on the route and go ...
German laser technology firm developing driverless car
2007-04-12 13:05:00 London, Apr.12 : A driverless car may arrive sooner than later, if a report in the Daily Mail is to be believed.
By: newkerala.com
Driverless, Remote-Controlled Car Bombs 'Guaranteed To Prolong Resistance'
2007-02-13 05:48:01 Just hold on long enough and we're golden. Terrorism: Islam Memo Describes New Remote Control Vehicles Used by Iraqi Resistance: On 1 February, a website posted a description of what it called "the Mujahidin's new technology" as quoted by "an unidentified police source." The posting was about "the new remote-controlled vehicles directed at US and Iraqi forces without suicide drivers, which were tried first in Al-Durah then in Al-Taji districts last week." The following is a translation of the posting: "The Iraqi resistance has introduced a new technology in its fight against the American Army and Safawis [Shiites], described by experts as a method guaranteed to prolong the resistance for years to come. An Islam Memo correspondent in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, quoted a source in the Iraqi police, which is loyal to the occupation, confirming the information that "the terrorists" have introduced, through their military operations, a new technology of planting explosives in...
By: Asymmetric
Driverless bus: Who wants to be first?
2007-01-25 05:58:01 From SCI FI Tech: Disappointed that we won't all have our own personal helicopters by 2010? Never mind that — if you live...
Ride into the Driverless Bus
2007-01-24 16:04:01 In the next 10 years or maybe 20 years, you won't have to see the face of the bus drivers that you hate. In UK, for the next 10 years you might be able to take a ride in this driverless electric and biofuel hybrid bus. You don't need to waves your hand for buses anymore, you can hail the bus to your location by using cell phone. This cool bus equip with 24 seats that find it ways by following magnets embedded in the pavement.These cool and smart bus will also use satellite navigation and onboard sensors to control the speed of the bus and direction. No one has volunteer themselves to ride this bus since it was announced. However, expect this technology in UK around 2010 and in the whole world around 3000. What? That was too far away, what will i be when i was 3000. I will be riding Driverless plane in heaven then.Via: scifi |
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