Still reading about the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge, a U.S. military-sponsored desert race that tests the endurance of robots on |news.com|. It's a challenge that taps the creativity, brainpower and funds of U.S. universities and private-sector visionaries as the military tries to push the envelope of artificial-intelligence technology. [a.k.a., have a vehicle drive itself!] Now the Prius has the electronic steering wheel (which it uses only for self-parking in .jp), and cruise control... How long do you think it'll be before they can get cars driving themselves a la Minority Report? I wouldn't mind seeing it soon, or as a HOV requirement.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(NuShrike\";p=\"108324)</div> About the time car manufacturers are ready to assume liability for every auto accident. Never. :mrgreen:
accually a few companies have been testing this for years. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_...v15/ai_13509209 edit * ...But its MS-DOS computer brain posed limitations... this article is pretty old, but i'm sure people are still at it. *
