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Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder how is it possible to find someone hidden in a dashboard? Were it dogs that found her?
I'm paraphrasing the news report because it's been a few years, but: The border patrol agent became suspicious when the driver opened the glove box to retrieve his registration and a hand reached out from within the box to give it to him.
People in the comments are making references to prank videos and film techniques, but this type of research study has also been conducted multiples times in the last few years by institutions such as Stanford [1], UC San Diego [2], Virginia Tech [3], and more. [1] http://wendyju.com/publications/RO-MAN2016-Rothenbucher.pdf [2] http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-ghost... [3] https://www.citylab.com…
I think the article is referring to the VirginiaTech study itself too
It sounds goofy, but this strikes me as really clever. Compared to almost anything else with self driving cars adding a few indicators to outwardly show what it's going to do next (for pedestrians and other drivers) is a huge win. There is a fair amount of waving for someone else to go first at a turn, seeing if a driver is distracted (on their phone) at a stop, making eye contact while using a cross walk etc that ge…
And Sherlock.
"they just needed people to believe wholeheartedly they were using one." Don't they mean "seeing one" instead of "using one"? Or am I missing something? "fill in gaps where we currently communicate via subtle gestures, eye contact and other less obvious mechanisms." This also struck me as odd - do pedestrians and other drivers really make "eye contact" with drivers to gauge their intention? I guess it's possible, but…
>Don't they mean "seeing one" instead of "using one"? Or am I missing something?
the "they"s in the quote refers to the researchers, not "people"
I like the idea of an indicator showing what the car is 'doing'.
People in the comments are making references to prank videos and film techniques, but this type of research study has also been conducted multiples times in the last few years by institutions such as Stanford [1], UC San Diego [2], Virginia Tech [3], and more. [1] http://wendyju.com/publications/RO-MAN2016-Rothenbucher.pdf [2] http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-ghost... [3] https://www.citylab.com…
It sounds goofy, but this strikes me as really clever. Compared to almost anything else with self driving cars adding a few indicators to outwardly show what it's going to do next (for pedestrians and other drivers) is a huge win. There is a fair amount of waving for someone else to go first at a turn, seeing if a driver is distracted (on their phone) at a stop, making eye contact while using a cross walk etc that ge…
* SPOILER * And Sherlock.
It sounds goofy, but this strikes me as really clever. Compared to almost anything else with self driving cars adding a few indicators to outwardly show what it's going to do next (for pedestrians and other drivers) is a huge win. There is a fair amount of waving for someone else to go first at a turn, seeing if a driver is distracted (on their phone) at a stop, making eye contact while using a cross walk etc that ge…
Or this drive thru prank a year earlier: https://youtu.be/xVrJ8DxECbg I'm sure it had probably been done before that too. :) Even better when you "put a robot in the driver's seat": https://youtu.be/CdggQr05LAA