<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:00 AM, t.clarke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@seacon.co.uk">tim@seacon.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Seems to me that the assertion that we are technically capable of manufacturing<br>
self-driving cars is patently absurd. Self-driving in very limited controlled<br>
environments, yes. In the real world most certainly no.<br></blockquote><div><br>You are entitled to your opinion. I prefer to listen to people that actually think it is doable and are already building the prototypes: <a href="http://videos.howstuffworks.com/medialink/2252-self-driving-car-video.htm">http://videos.howstuffworks.com/medialink/2252-self-driving-car-video.htm</a> <br>
<br>And of course it would be in in a limited controlled environment: properly suited cars and roads.<br><br>The above is not the only way to achieve this, eventually people will come with something doable and economical. <br>
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Given that we generally accept he human brain is vastly superior to any<br>
computer in performing the sort of tasks required to drive a car in the real<br>
world, even if it could be done, the costs of the computing horsepower<br>
required would surely be prohibitive?<br></blockquote><div><br>What is driving? One of the most repetitive tasks people do. What do computers do very well? Repetitive tasks.<br><br>In any case CPU power is on our side. Now we have machines with CPUs with 2, 4 or 8 cores that are affordable to individuals.<br>
<br>The mythical Beowulf cluster of those will become personal.<br></div></div>