[blindza] Re: Driverless car beats berlin traffic
- From: "Dewald van Deventer" <dewaldvandeventer@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:20:13 +0200
Also, the cars have to have a sensor built in to detect potholes. LOL
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From: "Boshoff, Deon (GP Health)" <Deon.Boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:10 PM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Driverless car beats berlin traffic
I like your security ideas; am seriously thinking about your electrification
idea on my present cars...About the Bluetooth idea, one of my cars already
has some kind of it; it can't start if it's key is not close enough to it,
so it's difficult to hotwire"" it One could take this a step further by
programming your cellphone to be used to type in a code. In our country,
hijacking and theft of cars seems to be a bigger problem than driving a car,
although there are a lot of problems with driving capabilities. I can't
wait for cars like these to come into daily use, but the infra structure of
our place needs a lot of updating before that could happen.
Deon [G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]UDC[Potch]
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[mailto:blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dewald van Deventer
Sent: 21 September 2011 02:00 PM
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Subject: [blindza] Re: Driverless car beats berlin traffic
Yes, or, if you order it to fetch you, it sends a code to your phone. Then,
when it stops in front of you, you'll have to send the code via bluetooth or
infra red, anyway, wireless, to the car's computer.
And if its the wrong code, or someone just tries to touch the car or enter
in, it will activate electric shock waves, and put the person, out ... of
... action, for a while.
What do you think?
Could work ... could work.
They must just ask us for ideas.
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From: "Jacob Kruger" <blindza@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 1:41 PM
Subject: [blindza] Re: Driverless car beats berlin traffic
Well, if there was no steering wheel, and maybe some form of secret
password, maybe you could make it instead, lock all doors, and drive the
then occupant to a specific venue/location/off a cliff...?
Just wouldn't want to forget your pin number/password then...<smile>
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
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Subject: [blindza] Re: Driverless car beats berlin traffic
From: "Boshoff, Deon (GP Health)" <Deon.Boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:32:47 +0200
To: <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
And, what is Hi Jack saying about all this? I have tried pressing some
buttons on my cell phone, but no car came around for me...
Deon [G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]UDC[Potch]
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Subject: [blindza] Driverless car beats berlin traffic
http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/driverless-car-beats-berlin-traffic-1.1141378
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Driverless car beats Berlin traffic
September 20 2011 at 04:19pm
By Kirsten Grieshaber
This Volkswagen Passat has been driving itself around Berlin since June
2011, and it hasn't had a accident yet, thanks to a 360-degree laser
scanner on top of the car, a GPS system and other sensors to monitor the
surrounding traffic.
It can talk, see, drive and no longer needs a human being to control it by
remote. The car of the future - completely computer-controlled - is on the
streets of Berlin.
Since June 2011, researchers from the city's Free University have been
testing their autonomous vehicle around the German capital.
It maneuvres through traffic on its own using a sophisticated combination
of computer, electronics and a precision satellite navigation system in
the boot, a camera in the front, and laser scanners on the roof and around
the front and rear bumpers.
Raul Rojas, the head of the university's research group for artificial
intelligence, said on Tuesday: "The car can recognise other cars on the
road, pedestrians, buildings and trees as far as 70 metres away - and even
see if the traffic lights ahead are red or green and react accordingly.
"In fact, the car's recognition and reaction to its environment is much
faster than a human's."
The scientists have worked on their research car, a Volkswagen Passat
worth ?400 000 ($551,800) with lots of built-in special technology, for
four years.
Labs assistant Paul Czerwionka adjusts the 360 degree laser scanner on top
of the Free University of Berlin autonomous car.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Several other groups have also been working on such technology recently,
notably Google, which has been testing a robotic Toyota Prius in Nevada.
Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, a professor for automotive economics at the
University of Duisburg-Essen, said: "There's a big trend for completely
computer-controlled cars - many companies and research centres in several
countries are working on it and it is hard to say, who's got the
most-developed vehicle at the moment."
Dudenhoeffer estimated that with the technology advances, it could only
take another decade for the fully automatic cars to start becoming
available for consumers.
"Even today's cars are often partially computer-controlled, for example
when it comes to parking or emergency brakes."
However, he said, besides the technological issues, the legal challenges
would be another issue that needed to be regulated: "Who will be
responsible when there's an accident - the owner or the passenger of the
computer-controlled car or the company that produced it?"
"However, all in all, one can definitely say that computer-controlled cars
will be much safer than human drivers," Dudenhoeffer said. "Especially if
you keep in mind that most of today's accidents are caused by human
error."
The driverless Passat passes the famous Brandenburg Gate, with nobody on
board; nobody human, that is.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
In Berlin, the university researchers received a special permit from the
city's security and safety controllers in June to use it in regular
traffic - under the condition that a safety driver sits behind the
steering wheel, even if he doesn't touch anything.
The team has also been allowed to let the car run without anybody aboard
on a special testing ground.
Rojas said: "This kind of technology is the future of mobility.
However, he was more conservative than Dudenhoeffer, saying that it could
be 30-40 years before they became available to the average consumer.
The key to the automobile's intelligence is in the way the computer
program runs.
Rojas explained: "In the beginning with had trouble with the robotic
driving style of the car; but we've worked on the programming and now its
driving style is as smooth as a human being."
Rojas estimates that once the technology - specifically the sensors -
becomes less expensive, such cars will eventually conquer the roads.
"It is similar to the beginnings of the computers - 40 years ago, only
research labs could afford computers, now everybody is walking around with
a computer in his pocket."
Ideally, the car will respond to orders by remote control, for example on
an iPad or an iPhone. With a click or a touch, the passenger can call the
car to his personal location and then order the car to drop him off at his
desired destination.
"This kind of car is actually perfect for car sharing," said Rojas. "There
will be no more need for owning a car - once the automobile has dropped
off its passenger it will drive on to the next passenger." - Sapa-AP
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