Toyota is going to help us all drive much faster by 2020 - Computerworld
If you have ever driven in a car that drives itself, you know the car can be tentative -- and really slow. I remember how someone told me once that, when they went for a drive in a Toyota Prius as part of the Google autonomous car experiment, the car drove like his grandmother. Interestingly enough, Toyota just spilled the beans about a new intelligent car program they are working on in conjunction with Stanford and MIT that’s designed to help humans drive better. It’s a departure from the autonomous car model where you take your hands off the wheel and let a computer drive. I imagine this will be like driving with an invisible shield around the car, stopping, swerving, and even speeding up to avoid problems. Toyota wants driving to be fun, and autonomous cars are not fun. I once drove in one of the first Stanford robotic cars and I’m one of the few who has driven along in the Cruise autonomous car that’s still under development. An intelligent car might actually help us drive faster, because the car will watch the road, make adjustments, and keep us safe. It’s a logical extension of what Lexus (part of Toyota), Infiniti, Audi, BMW, Volvo, Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, and many others have been doing for years. Source: www.computerworld.com
