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Title: Google's pedestrian catcher
Post by: Richard230 on May 19, 2016, 03:57:54 AM
Google has you covered if you are a pedestrian.  ;D On the front page of my newspaper this morning is an article about a new Google patent application. It is designed to save pedestrians when one of their self-driving cars hits one of those soft two-leg mobile devices that gets in its way. It is something like fly paper that will cover the hood of the car.  :o When the robot hits a pedestrian, he falls backward and sticks to the hood of the car, thereby preventing the poor sap from being tossed on to the pavement.  :) (Then the robot car can drive him to the hospital, with a stop at his attorney's office along the way, and he will never need the services of an ambulance.) Sounds like a very efficient idea to me.  ::) I am sure that it will be well received by all government regulators.  ;)

The article was written by Ethan Baron of the Bay Area News Group.
Title: Re: Google's pedestrian catcher
Post by: corentinoger on May 21, 2016, 10:52:57 PM
I could see an application when the neighbours kids play soccer too close from parked car : they'll never get their ball back!