Now this is some seriously cool shit.

[unixronin]

Volkswagen has built a self-driving VW Golf that can plan its own routes in real time around obstructions and traffic cones, then race through the route at up to 150mph -- no creeping around the test course at 10mph here.  VW claims it can drive a laid-out test course faster and more precisely than their own engineers can drive the car manually.  VW says features of the car will be appearing in production VWs "in a few years".

Now THIS could cut down on traffic fatalities -- and maybe traffic congestion too.

(Thanks to midiamin for the out-of-band pointer.)

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I enjoy driving, up to a point. But there's been many times on long freeway drones I've wished I could just set the autopilot and take a nap -- or even just sit back and relax for a while. Few things are more boring than, for example, driving across Nebraska. I poersonally would love to have an autopilot in my car, even if it was only legal to use it on interstates.

Then again, I'd prefer to get most traffic off the ground altogether.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

something like this come to mind? http://www.moller.com/skycar/

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It'd be a start. But I'd prefer something with orbital capability, with non-air-breathing thrusters of some form, and stressed for at least 10G. :) That ought to be enough ....











(.... to get me up to my starship.)

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

lol, and blackcoat calls me strange?