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[[Image:Stanley_Image.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Stanley: Drivers not required]] | [[Image:Stanley_Image.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Stanley: Drivers not required]] | ||
===DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency)=== | ===DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency)=== | ||
On Sunday October 8, 2005 a modified Volkswagen Touareg named Stanley beat 23 other robotic cars and 150 miles of Nevada Desert to claim a $2 Million prize and the rights to be called the first autonomouns off-road vehicle. Stanley is guided by video, laser, radar and GPS signals, is run by seven on-board Intel Pentiums, and is able to tell the difference between a tumbleweed and a rock. Stanley was invented by a team at Stanford University. Visit the [http://www.grandchallenge.org GrandChallenge] website for more details. | On Sunday October 8, 2005 a modified Volkswagen Touareg named Stanley beat 23 other robotic cars and 150 miles of Nevada Desert to claim a $2 Million prize and the rights to be called the first autonomouns off-road vehicle. Stanley is guided by video, laser, radar and GPS signals, is run by seven on-board Intel Pentiums, and is able to tell the difference between a tumbleweed and a rock. Stanley was invented by a team at Stanford University. Visit the [http://www.grandchallenge.org GrandChallenge] website for more details. | ||
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[[Image:Phileas.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Phileas Bus]] | [[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. | ||
=Egg Shaped Cars - Concept vehicles= | =Egg Shaped Cars - Concept vehicles= | ||
[[Image:Pivo_1.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Nissan Pivo]] | [[Image:Pivo_1.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Nissan Pivo]] | ||
==Nissan Pivo== | ==Nissan Pivo== | ||
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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. | ||
[[File:Creme egg car.jpg|left|200px|Cadbury Creme]] | [[File:Creme egg car.jpg|left|200px|Cadbury Creme]] | ||
==Cadbury Creme== | ==Cadbury Creme== | ||
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=Additional quotes of William Branham= | =Additional quotes of William Branham= | ||
[[File:Cubic eggs.jpg|thumb|right|180px|He was thinking of these kind of eggs]] | |||
The cars in that day will be shaped like an egg, running back like in this form there. And it'll be controlled by some kind of a power that they won't even have to use the steering wheel at times, just set her and go on like that (See?), before the annihilation. Now, you remember that I--I... That's on record.<ref>LIFE JEFF.IN 57-0602</ref> | The cars in that day will be shaped like an egg, running back like in this form there. And it'll be controlled by some kind of a power that they won't even have to use the steering wheel at times, just set her and go on like that (See?), before the annihilation. Now, you remember that I--I... That's on record.<ref>LIFE JEFF.IN 57-0602</ref> | ||