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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[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?