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31 March 2011
Google’s driverless car: Sebastian Thrun on TED.com
Sebastian Thrun talks about Google’s amazing driverless car — and his very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through city traffic with no one behind the wheel; dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go. (Recorded at TED2011, March 2011, in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 10:41)
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May 6 2011Michael: to me, the greatest benefit is having cars coordinate their actions to avoid collisions and trivial things such as traffic build-ups. But yeah, when you can save a million lives, it’s worth pursuing. I outlined my hopes here: http://tappinginto.org/look-ma-no-driver-driverless-cars
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Michael Liscano
No more traffic tickets, no more drunk drivers, and all the baby boomers will not have to worry about their kids taking their keys away when they turn 80. Think of all the man power we would save by allowing the police to focus on police work instead of traffic control.