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Driven : the race to create the autonomous car / Alex Davies

Author
Davies, Alex
Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description
291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
Prologue: Waymo v. Uber -- The Grandma test -- The geeks and the govvies -- Orphans preferred -- Convulsions and smoke -- Vision quest -- The great imposters -- The continuous representation of reality -- The un-car people -- Winner take all -- A long, slow donkey ride through hell -- A death in the desert -- Epilogue: The starting line.
Summary
"The origin story of the revolutionary driverless car, from concept to its present status, told through the stories of the key innovators by the Wired reporter who has covered this story for the past five years"--
Davies tells the fascinating story of the futurists who are determined to put self-driving cars on the road. His account begins with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the people who invented the Internet. The agency launched a series of robot races attracted visionaries who took self-driving technology to near reality. Eventually Detroit automakers realized that they had to pursue this technology or risk becoming obsolete. The competition remains intense-- and their quest will change our lives. -- adapted from jacket
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ISBN
9781501199431 hardcover
1501199439 hardcover
9781501199455 paperback
1501199455 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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