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Driverless - by Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman (Paperback)

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  • When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility.
  • About the Author: Hod Lipson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University and an author of the award-winning book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing.
  • 322 Pages
  • Transportation, automotive

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When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility.



Book Synopsis



When human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility.

"Smart, wide-ranging, [and] nontechnical."
--Los Angeles Times

"Anyone who wants to understand what's coming must read this fascinating book."
--Martin Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Robots

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."



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Anyone looking for a book about driverless cars--smart, wide-ranging, nontechnical, easy to understand--was pretty much out of luck until Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead was published.--Los Angeles Times--

Everyone is talking about driverless cars... After reading this book, you will be knowledgeable enough to make your own informed opinion.

--Science--



About the Author



Hod Lipson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University and an author of the award-winning book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing.

Melba Kurman writes about disruptive technologies and is an author of the award-winning book Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.7 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 322
Genre: Transportation
Sub-Genre: Automotive
Publisher: MIT Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Hod Lipson & Melba Kurman
Language: English
Street Date: September 15, 2017
TCIN: 94193855
UPC: 9780262534475
Item Number (DPCI): 247-21-5000
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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