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The Ideas Economy: Innovation 2011

The Economist

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Self-Driving Cars: Coming Soon to a Road Near You

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Google software engineer Sebastian Thrun demonstrates the company's latest groundbreaking innovation: cars that drive themselves. Yes, really.
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Andrew Atkin

Posted: 04.18.11, 02:10 AM

On average application, trains are the least energy-efficient device for urban passenger applications. Cars can be literally 10x more efficient than they are today (check out the VW L1 , as an example). The human urban footprint, in the USA, is about 3%. The total human footprint on our world has far more to do with farms, than roading. Lay off the meat a bit (you eat about 5x more than your body can even use), and keep driving.

abpccpba

Posted: 04.04.11, 06:19 PM

A car is not a self. A train would be a lot better and much more efficient that a bunch of "self's" taking up so much valuable land and fuel.

Andrew Atkin

Posted: 03.30.11, 12:45 PM

Don't underestimate the far reaching impact of this technology. It will change everything. If you're curious, I have written about this myself. The Next Big Thing

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