Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Boring Dubai Driverless Video and Take Me to the Cubs Sans Drivers

This has to be in the top 10 of boring videos. I would watch a bunch of cat videos to avoid this one. However the video proves that driverless, by way of a small pilot project, has come to an Arab-speaking country for the first time.

The article I link to has the video embedded.

Wrigley Field, the Art Institute, Northwestern - Get there in style (at least without a driver) - maybe soon

Move over EL (chicago's slow subway). Forget Metra (faster commuter train option). You might be roaming around the wonderful (though cold in the winter) city of big shoulders (remember the Robert Frost poem?) in a different kind of vehicle. HERE, a mapping technology company, is reportedly staying in Chicago - adding lots of jobs there and committing itself to bringing driverless, at least a self-driving pilot program, to the city.

Can you make that pilot go out to Buffalo Grove, where I have relatives?

Or just move to Florida, like your relatives did in the 70s

Right now, you too can get on a driverless vehicle, one that has already ferried 70,000 people in Tampa, Florida. Okay, it's a fancy golf-cart-like pretend shuttle at a museum, but it is driverless. This video displays the enthusiasm of the state of Florida, though not some of its inhabitants, for driverless. 


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