Eagerly awaiting Google's self-driving car? While you can't get a
fully-autonomous vehicle yet, this article cites some of today's cars
already supporting highly advanced semi-autonomous capabilities.
Examples include active lane-keeping, radar-based active braking,
active blind spot monitoring, and active parking on the Mercedes-Benz
S550 coupe, and image recognition, long-range radar, and 360 degree
ultrasonic sensing on Tesla's Model S. The author also discusses
vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
communication - giving vehicles and drivers critical information about
slick road surfaces, accidents, and the location, speed, and headings of
nearby vehicles.
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