| Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead Contributor(s): Lipson, Hod (Author), Kurman, Melba (Author), Newbern, George (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1504790936 ISBN-13: 9781504790932 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Automotive - General - Computers | Intelligence (ai) & Semantics - Business & Economics | Industries - Automobile Industry |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 5.7" (0.50 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit.Google's newest driverless car had no steering wheel and no brakes. The message was clear: cars of the future will be born fully autonomous, with no human driver needed. In the coming decade, self-driving cars will hit the streets, rearranging established industries and reshaping cities, giving us new choices in where we live and how we work and play.In this book, Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman offer readers insight into the risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology. Recent advances in software and robotics are toppling long-standing technological barriers that for decades have confined self-driving cars to the realm of fantasy. A new kind of artificial intelligence software called deep learning gives cars rapid and accurate visual perception. Human drivers can relax and take their eyes off the road.When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel, driverless cars will offer billions of people all over the world a safer, cleaner, and more convenient mode of transportation. Although the technology is nearly ready, car companies and policy makers may not be. The authors make a compelling case for why government, industry, and consumers need to work together to make the development of driverless cars our society's next "Apollo moment." |
Contributor Bio(s): Newbern, George: - George Newbern is an Earphones Award-winning narrator and a television and film actor best known for his roles as Brian MacKenzie in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, as well as Danny in Friends. As a voice actor, he is notable for his role as Superman on the Cartoon Newtork series Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. He holds a BA in theater arts from Northwestern University. Kurman, Melba: -Melba Kurman writes about disruptive technologies and is a coauthor of the award-winning book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing. Lipson, Hod: -Hod Lipson is a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and coauthor, with Melba Kurman, of the award-winning book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing. |