K.I.T.T. Move Over - Google's Got the Goods

At the risk of dating myself, I'm going to admit that one of my favorite TV shows was Knight Rider. I swore that I was going to get Pontiac Trans-Am when I was old enough to drive. The show featured the car K.I.T.T. - An intelligent and nearly indestructible car that could drive itself. I'm sure that if you watched TV in the 80's you're familiar with what I'm talking about.

Of course, the dream of being able to sleep while my car took me to my destination, quickly faded away as I got older. While, I didn't hold much hope that I would ever see the day that cars could drive themselves, the concept stayed alive in films. (I-Robot, Demolition Man, Minority Report, etc.) Continuing to fuel dream of easy road trips.

Well, apparently we may not be that far away from seeing this come true. Google is, as I type this, testing self driving cars in Nevada and California. They have issued legislation allowing Google to bring this sci-fi dream to reality.

Here is a link showing the car in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdgQpa1pUUE

Here is the Wikipedia page for more on the driverless car by Google:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_driverless_car

So maybe I will be able to take a nap while I travel... Or maybe watch a movie... Hmmm the posibilities.

-Red

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