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Old 17th Oct 2017, 12:30
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Flying Binghi
 
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Originally Posted by patty50
Self-driving cars have so many challenges it isn't funny. The first ones were driving nearly 10 years ago, so far they've progressed from testing to...more testing. Compare the drones of 10 years ago to today.

Autonomous drones will be around well before autonomous cars are speeding up traffic flow. The benefits of autonomous drones don't require everyone else to have one as well.
I think the first computer drive car were being developed in the early 1980's. It were a van that were full of computer hardware.

No argument that flying drones are ahead of drone vehicles. Though the future may not be as far away as you think. Here's a short film of Melbourne traffic in 1910. Note the 1 car: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=730_1507755653
A mere 20 years later and it were wall to wall cars and traffic jams...





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