Self-Driving Cars as Fast As Possible
Techquickie
·Techquickie
·2015-05-07
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896 words · ~4 min read
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if one was to look back through the anals of History taking note of our
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technological advances since the invention of fire they might note
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automation as one of Humanity's primary goals I mean what are heaters and stoves
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if not fires which don't require all the fuss and mus of wood Gathering and
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stoking if one looks back at the history of automated automobiles though it
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appears very stunted and brief while scientists have technically been working
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on driverless Vehicles since the better part of a century now the first
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successful attempts at these Technologies didn't emerge until
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somewhere around the mid 1980s on top of this the technologies
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that will ultimately allow cars to operate themselves didn't really gain
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much public attention until much more recently that is of course until Tesla
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blew everyone's freaking Minds by suddenly announcing their line of
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vehicles which will be going rogue this July many car companies have been
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implementing Technologies like cruise control GPS tracking and cameras for
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functions such such as rear viiew monitoring in both business and personal
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vehicles for decades now but it wasn't until basically the last decade or so
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that we began seeing more autonomous functions like Lane departure warning
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and correction systems or even stuff like blind spot monitors being
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implemented widely by manufacturers Beyond these individual capabilities the
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need to couple all these features with a list of others such as collision
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avoidance systems and complex maneuverability for things such as
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emergency stops or parallel parking seem to have perpetually confined the
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advancement to this realm of near but
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far off future it seems that while we've all been blissfully waiting in patience
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for the future to arrive technicians on behalf of many many entities have been
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diligently working to bring it to us ahead of schedule and although there has
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been an increased Rumblings from those such as Audi who successfully drove
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their autonomous Deli model vehicle from California to New York it seems they
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were CAU sleeping as Tesla announced they will be rolling out limited
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automation to all of its Model S and above lines with the simple addition of
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a software update this has been so exciting not simply due to its timing
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but also because this will be the first public offering of level three
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automation which is the ability for a vehicle to control itself under certain
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conditions in this case only allowing drivers to engage autopilot on highways
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and interstates and then returning manual control for in town driving is
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this technology going to end up being legal where I live or am I just
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investing in something that I'll never be able to use like an Ubisoft game will
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this lead to roads being actually safer or simply lull people into a sense of
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security which slows their reaction in emergency situations leading to a higher
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rate of really bad accidents or maybe
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the largest question of all due to the legal and monetary implications who's
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responsible when the car self-drives into another the driver or the
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manufacturer with these questions and many more still
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unanswered it seems that the verdict for how useful autonomous vehicles will end
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up being is still set off in that slightly intangible future rest assured
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though they will come speaking of good stuff little bits little bits lets
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everyone use Electronics as modular building blocks with modules ranging
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from simple LED and power setups to complex programmable even Wireless
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capable modules it's perfect for kids parents Cod ERS Hardware hackers kids at
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heart makers artists designers Engineers students you pretty much name it the
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module snap together with magnets you can create your very own circuits in
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seconds with little bits you can do I mean really the sky is the limit you can
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get your dog to send a text not that he's going to say anything too
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thought-provoking or you can make a robotic snack server so the idea is why
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go out and buy electronics and toys when you can invent them and reinvent them
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over and over and over again there's over modules that can be used in
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virtually Limitless I mean actually there would be a number for you know 60
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I mean guess you could duplicate some module okay virtually Limitless creative
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combinations and in this Tech driven world I can see for my kids personally
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getting them into that kind of stuff at a young age is going to be beneficial so
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