Is Google wasting its time with self-driving cars?(blogs.computerworld.com)
blogs.computerworld.com
Is Google wasting its time with self-driving cars?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/17135/google_cars
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I think google is trying to make itself into an organization similar to Bell Labs in its heyday. Bell labs had a lot of research going that was only peripherally important to phones.
"and meanwhile Google has more immediate problems." I think they have more opportunities than problems!
Streetview wouldn't benefit from some self-driven cars?
Google is standing on the shoulders of other efforts in this case, e.g. DARPA Challenge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge).