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== | ==Retelling of the 1933 vision:== | ||
<playmp3>Seventy Weeks of Daniel, August 6, 1961|Driverless Cars.mp3</playmp3> | <playmp3>Seventy Weeks of Daniel, August 6, 1961|Driverless Cars.mp3</playmp3> | ||
:''Science will progress in such a way until they will make a car that will not have to be guided by a steering wheel, and the cars will continue to be shaped like an egg until the consummation," the end time. I seen American family going down the road in a broad way, riding in a car with their backs turned towards where the wheel should be; looked like they were playing checkers or cards. And we got it. It's on television. "Popular Science"--"Mechanics," rather, all have it; we got the car. It's controlled by remote control by--by radar. They won't even have to have any steering wheel in it. Just set your dial like this--like you dial your phone--your car takes you right on to it, can't wreck nor nothing. No other cars--the magnet keeps the rest of them away from you. See? They got it. Oh, my. Think of it. Predicted thirty years before it happened.'' | :''Science will progress in such a way until they will make a car that will not have to be guided by a steering wheel, and the cars will continue to be shaped like an egg until the consummation," the end time. I seen American family going down the road in a broad way, riding in a car with their backs turned towards where the wheel should be; looked like they were playing checkers or cards. And we got it. It's on television. "Popular Science"--"Mechanics," rather, all have it; we got the car. It's controlled by remote control by--by radar. They won't even have to have any steering wheel in it. Just set your dial like this--like you dial your phone--your car takes you right on to it, can't wreck nor nothing. No other cars--the magnet keeps the rest of them away from you. See? They got it. Oh, my. Think of it. Predicted thirty years before it happened.'' ([http://www.thefreeword.com/books/5561-L.pdf Seventy Weeks of Daniel, '''August 6, 1961''']) | ||
:''You won't be able to enter into a city then, a twenty-mile zone, you can just go twenty mile. You can't hit another car, because it's remote control.'' ([http://www.nathan.co.za/message.asp?sermonum=520 Why are we not a Denomination? Sept. 27, 1958]) | |||
:''Just set your radar to where you're going, it takes you yourself; you don't have to steer it.'' ([http://www.nathan.co.za/message.asp?sermonum=696 Ephesian Church Age, Dec 5, 1960]) | |||
''With radar-based automatic distance-sensing systems, imaging and lane-adherence technology, and the GPS system, we basically have the enablers to do fully autonomous driving.'' | ==Industry Commentary== | ||
[[Image:Boyslifecars.jpg|thumb|200px|Boy’s Life Magazine – October 1990]] | |||
*VOLVO’S new XC60 sport-utility vehicle...[is] fitted with mechanisms to help avoid a crash in the first place, including an automated braking system. The Volvo system, called City Safety, operates at up to 30kph (19mph)...City Safety uses a laser sensor fitted behind the windscreen to scan the road ahead, calculating relative speeds and distances. It applies the brakes if a collision cannot be avoided. ([http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12758720 The Economist, '''Dec 11, 2008''']) | |||
*Bit by bit, the day is coming when it will be possible to jump into an empty car and say: “Home, James.” ([http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12758720 The Economist, '''Dec 11, 2008''']) | |||
*An S-Class Mercedes with all the extras can already be left largely alone to make its way along a moderately busy and fairly straight Autobahn. ([http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12758720 The Economist, '''Dec 11, 2008''']) | |||
*''With radar-based automatic distance-sensing systems, imaging and lane-adherence technology, and the GPS system, we basically have the enablers to do fully autonomous driving. It's not out of the question to imagine that someday soon you'll be able to start the car, punch in the appropriate settings, then swivel the front seats around and play cards and eat lunch as if you're riding on a train. All in perfect comfort and safety, all the way to that niece's place in Chicago...If pressed to estimate just how far away that time is, I'd say a working system is ten years out, implementation maybe 20 years'' ([http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/02/Autos/ford_cartech_fortune/index.htm?section=money_topstories#TOP Fortune Magazine, '''June 14, 2004'''], Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman of General Motors) | |||
*''This is not science fiction...Now the question is what does society want to do with it? You're looking at these issues of congestion, safety, energy and emissions. Technically there should be no reason why we can't transfer to a totally different world."''([http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080107/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_driverless_cars Yahoo News, '''Jan 7, 2008'''], Larry Burns, VP of Research and Development for General Motors) | |||
''This is not science fiction...Now the question is what does society want to do with it? You're looking at these issues of congestion, safety, energy and emissions. Technically there should be no reason why we can't transfer to a totally different world."''[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080107/ap_on_hi_te/gadget_show_driverless_cars] | |||
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The U.S. military has a mandate from Congress to have 30% of all military vehicles unmanned by 2015. The DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge are part of the U.S. military strategy to achieve this goal. | The U.S. military has a mandate from Congress to have 30% of all military vehicles unmanned by 2015. The DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge are part of the U.S. military strategy to achieve this goal. | ||
[[Image:Phileas.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Phileas Bus]] | |||
===Parkshuttle=== | ===Parkshuttle=== | ||
Developed by [http://www.frog.nl Frog Navigation] [http://www.2getthere.nl/ (2getthere)] and built by Connexion (the Dutch Transit Authority), this bus runs driverless through onboard computers and sensors, together with guiding magnets embedded in the designated roadway. However, Phileas does occasionally need to be manually overridden by a driver. Phileas is already in operation in the Netherlands between the airport and an industrial park. | Developed by [http://www.frog.nl Frog Navigation] [http://www.2getthere.nl/ (2getthere)] and built by Connexion (the Dutch Transit Authority), this bus runs driverless through onboard computers and sensors, together with guiding magnets embedded in the designated roadway. However, Phileas does occasionally need to be manually overridden by a driver. Phileas is already in operation in the Netherlands between the airport and an industrial park. | ||
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===Peugot Moovie=== | ===Peugot Moovie=== | ||
The Moovie concept vehicle is driven by two large wheels, the centre of which serves as doors for the vehicle. The Moovie is an electric car designed by Andre Costa in the third [http://www.peugeot-concours-design.com/en/01_vainqueur Peugot Design Contest], and developed as a prototype by Peugot. | The Moovie concept vehicle is driven by two large wheels, the centre of which serves as doors for the vehicle. The Moovie is an electric car designed by Andre Costa in the third [http://www.peugeot-concours-design.com/en/01_vainqueur Peugot Design Contest], and developed as a prototype by Peugot. | ||
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