Audi Succeed The RS7 Self Racing Car

Autonomous cars are a big future project, manufacturers are doing their best to make their first self driving car, Even Google has made its own, but, no one has ever succeeded to make a car that can go racing, with a maximum of speed, without a driver !

Audi have successfully made their own self "racing" car, the RS7 has accomplished its goal in the Hockenheimring racing circuit in Germany, the company announced that the RS7 has finished each lap in a a time of 2 minutes, the car has reached a top speed of 137mph. The car use a 3D imaging camera and a GPS to track its position.

Audi has named the prototype "Bobby", after race car driver Bobby Unser, and until now, the company did not communicated if they are going to launch a model for the public.

You can check the video below to see the RS7 performance without a driver !

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Google Has Developed Its Own Delivery Drone !

After Amazon, its the Google turn to unveil their own drone dedicated for delivery. Google X Lab has been secretly working on a delivery drone for the past 2 years under a project named "Project Wing", and now, the device was tested several times, Google has even posted a video showing their invention being tested in the fields of Australia.

Google also wrote on Youtube "We’re only just beginning to develop the technology to make a safe delivery system possible, but we think that there’s tremendous potential to transport goods more quickly, safely and efficiently" 

Several delivery tests was made to deliver some products to Australian farmers, first-aid kit, candy bars, dog treats and water. About Australia, Google said: "Australia’s rolling hills, open sky and long standing history of innovation with UAVs provided the perfect opportunity to safely put our prototype vehicles  and delivery system through their paces outside of a controlled lab environment"

You can watch the official video below !

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The FBI Have A Problem With Autonomous Cars

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The FBI announced that they are scared from the Google autonomous Car, they said that it can affect citizen security because it can be used by criminals and malicious users.. many possibilities are presented about the bad use of the autonomous car.

The Scary Fact

According to an FBI report, there are many bad ways to use the Google autonomous Car, the driver can escape the police without having to look to the street, and in this way he can use his hands to hold a weapon and easily use it ! Also, detection and automatic guidance systems will also let criminals avoid obstacles and look for a good place to hide, and that will give a difficult task to the police..

another scary scenario unveiled by the FBI, the autonomous cars can be the remotely programmed to go to a wanted destination loaded with explosives, the car can be also hacked to make different actions like kidnapping...

Future

A real scary scenario that could be happening, for now the FBI prediction is that the use of autonomous cars will be far 5 to 7 years from now, until then, many security issues need to be fixed and planned by the manufacturers.

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Google I/O 2014: Drive With Google, Android Auto Is Official

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Google has unveiled Android Auto, the Android OS version designed for connected cars. Car manufacturers can integrate this system in their vehicles to give the users the privilege of connecting their smartphones and display their phone screen on the car multimedia screen.

Functionalities 

Not all of the driver's smartphone's functionalities can be imported to the car display, only features provided by the Android Auto OS are reachable, the user can use GPS, phone, music.... The great thing is that you can update those Apps only using your smartphone, it is a full control on your multimedia experience.

Of course navigating between your apps will be using a touchscreen on your car, but, that's not all, Google is introducing voice commands that will help you not to move your eyes off the road. Also you can consult your SMS directly on your car screen, and voice assistant will read the messages for you so you wont be distracted..

The most useful App could be Google Maps that can help you navigating to your destinations, Google has made a little improvement to the App and included a voice assistance to help you make your trip.

Partners

Google has also unveiled the Android Auto SDK for developers that can develop their own Audio and SMS Apps, also, many partners has joined Google in this project including the French car manufacturer Renault.

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Google Officially Unveiling its self-driving car

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Google has officialy unveiled its autonomous car, after 4 years of work, it is obvious that it's not the previously tested Toyota, Google made its own design.

Description

The google self-driving car does not contain any gas or break pedals, and it does not contain a steering wheel ! , all you have to do is to push  a button and let the car drive you wherever you want, it works based on detailed street maps provided by google, the car contains only two passengers seats and a space for your belongings, a screen in front of the driver is installed to show the him where the car is going in real time.

The car will be an electric one, with an autonomy of 110 miles, and the design looks a lot like a cartoon car.

Google wrote its blog "We've been working toward the goal of vehicles that can shoulder the entire burden of driving,They will take you where you want to go at the push of a button. And that's an important step toward improving road safety and transforming mobility for millions of people."

Safety

The google car should be safe, because this idea kan freak-out the future users, so, google implemented sensors to analyse the street, look in all direction to detect obstacle and eliminate blind spots, the car speed will be limited to 25 mph at first, matter of security.

A limited numbers of google cars will be tested soon in streets of California, since only 4 US states allows autonomous cars on public roads California, Michigan, Nevada and Florida, and it if succeed, Google will continue on improving the car options and power...

This project could be your future transport tool, you just have to wait a little more.

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Google autonomous car is more certain

Google have been secretly working on it's autonomus car, and after a long testing, Google car shows that it has drived for more than million kilometer without a major damage.

Now the self-driving car is invited to be tested in the city of Montain View, the head Google's self-driving-car project, Chris Urmson said in his blog that "A mile of city driving is much more complex than a mile of freeway driving, with hundreds of differently objects moving according to different rules of the road in a small area".

How it works
Detecting obstacle is based on a laser radar system that lets software create detailed 3-D maps of the surroundings.

Many people are not comfortable with the idea of letting a car drive it self, to ensure people with the car capabilities, Chris Urmson wrote "A self-driving vehicle can pay attention to all of these things in a way that a human physically can't, and it never gets tired or distracted."
The project may take few years to become marketed. But it is interestin anyway, because you can get some sleep while the car is driving it self :D !

Checkout this video for more explanation : 

http://youtu.be/09hrf4tspQM

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