http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 22 May 2013 11:14:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/before-its-time-consortium-pushed-for-automated-driverless-cars-in-the-1990s-18282624/ http://www.slashgear.com/before-its-time-consortium-pushed-for-automated-driverless-cars-in-the-1990s-18282624/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 05:42:18 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=282624 Google's efforts to develop such vehicles.... $650,000 towards developing technologies for driverless vehicles, a project undertaken by a .... As with today, the idea of driverless cars and automated highways drew quite...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/before-its-time-consortium-pushed-for-automated-driverless-cars-in-the-1990s-18282624/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-prompt-robo-safety-worries-09227344/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-prompt-robo-safety-worries-09227344/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 14:36:59 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=227344 Google's driverless cars being let loose onto the roads of Nevada .... Fears around the future vulnerabilities of cars left to guide themselves, though perhaps ... infotainment and other systems in "dumb" cars to-date. Currently, although Nevada has ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-prompt-robo-safety-worries-09227344/feed/ 28 http://www.slashgear.com/nevada-legislation-allows-google-driverless-cars-to-cruise-state-roads-27161515/ http://www.slashgear.com/nevada-legislation-allows-google-driverless-cars-to-cruise-state-roads-27161515/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:08:10 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=161515 Google has its fingers into some many different projects that it ...One of the oddest projects that Google has been into is the... that can drive themselves. Interestingly Google chose to use Prius and... Am. We have seen these driverless cars in action before, and...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/nevada-legislation-allows-google-driverless-cars-to-cruise-state-roads-27161515/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-still-require-double-drivers-08226769/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-still-require-double-drivers-08226769/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 14:20:42 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226769 Google's driverless cars may have got the green light to roam... but that you'll need to car-share on the journey if ...If the extra sensors studding the cars weren't enough to help ... share the roads with other autonomous car projects, however. Nevada is already ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-still-require-double-drivers-08226769/feed/ 6 http://www.slashgear.com/the-driverless-cars-that-want-to-run-google-off-the-road-08226819/ http://www.slashgear.com/the-driverless-cars-that-want-to-run-google-off-the-road-08226819/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:30:23 +0000 Michael Crider http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226819 driverless car market. Here are five competitors to Google's program, ... antennas and sensors look pretty similar to Google's, though the German company is ... Urban Challenge to help speed along their driverless efforts, this time from Stanford. ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/the-driverless-cars-that-want-to-run-google-off-the-road-08226819/feed/ 15 http://www.slashgear.com/california-approves-bill-allowing-driverless-cars-on-state-roadways-31245468/ http://www.slashgear.com/california-approves-bill-allowing-driverless-cars-on-state-roadways-31245468/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:30:17 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=245468 driverless cars can be found in California, including Google. ... of determining standards for self-driving cars. That could prove to be as ... since there currently no rules for driverless vehicles within the present vehicle code. ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/california-approves-bill-allowing-driverless-cars-on-state-roadways-31245468/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/googles-driverless-cars-approved-for-use-in-nevada-07226588/ http://www.slashgear.com/googles-driverless-cars-approved-for-use-in-nevada-07226588/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 00:12:46 +0000 Michael Crider http://www.slashgear.com/?p=226588 Google's driverless car program has already logged 250... Google's patented GPS and camera-based driverless technology is some of the best in the world, often outpacing car manufacturers like Mercedes. Nevada actually legalized ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/googles-driverless-cars-approved-for-use-in-nevada-07226588/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-gets-patent-on-driverless-car-tech-16202829/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-gets-patent-on-driverless-car-tech-16202829/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:13:19 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://www.slashgear.com/?p=202829 Google has been working with its driverless cars for a long time now... I don’t want to see automated cars become mandated. The patent awarded has to... from human controlled to driving itself around. Google sees applications for the technology the patent...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-gets-patent-on-driverless-car-tech-16202829/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/california-introduces-bill-to-legalize-driverless-cars-01216480/ http://www.slashgear.com/california-introduces-bill-to-legalize-driverless-cars-01216480/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:45:34 +0000 Michael Crider http://www.slashgear.com/?p=216480 driverless cars and the testing of same on ..., and firms like California's own Google have been using this fact to ... with humans riding along as fleshy backups. Google's autonomous Prius concepts, equipped with ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/california-introduces-bill-to-legalize-driverless-cars-01216480/feed/ 1 http://www.slashgear.com/back-to-basics-how-googles-driverless-car-stays-on-the-road-09227396/ http://www.slashgear.com/back-to-basics-how-googles-driverless-car-stays-on-the-road-09227396/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:59:00 +0000 Michael Crider http://www.slashgear.com/?p=227396 car's sensors, including a standard GPS ... The laser can differentiate between other cars, pedestrians, cyclists, and small and ...'t take their appropriate turns, the Google car moves forward slightly, then ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/back-to-basics-how-googles-driverless-car-stays-on-the-road-09227396/feed/ 4 http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-safety-bill-passes-in-california-22229354/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-safety-bill-passes-in-california-22229354/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:32:58 +0000 Ben Kersey http://www.slashgear.com/?p=229354 cars, and a new bill has ... Highway Patrol judge the self-driving cars on the state’s roads. ... a couple of weeks ago. Google’s cars underwent three months of ... guidelines. The Nevada law states that cars must have 10,000 miles ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-driverless-cars-safety-bill-passes-in-california-22229354/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-nhtsa-safety-exec-for-self-driving-cars-project-20257746/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-nhtsa-safety-exec-for-self-driving-cars-project-20257746/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:55:46 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=257746 driverless cars program, NHTSA deputy director Ron ... Administration since 2003, will jump ship to Google's automotive division from January 7, ..., "and will use that experience at Google." Prior to his position at the ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-nhtsa-safety-exec-for-self-driving-cars-project-20257746/feed/ 0