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Autonomous technology has been slowly rising up in the market, beginning with automatic stop brakes to parking assists. The one thing were trying to advance to is full on automatic driving with no manual backing. Although this technology isn’t in the market yet, it will be in the near future. Although it’s the most anticipated piece of technology currently, questions are asked about liability issues, hacking, and ultimately sharing the road with them. One of the many issues revolving around self-driving cars is the question of safety. How much can we trust in computers to keep us safe? The main system that is used in self driving technology is a computer, and computers tend to have their moments of malfunction. For a piece of machinery that was created to make the roads safer, there has been much question over which people value more, human error or machinery error. Why do we value human error over machine error. It may be because we form connections with our drivers, you can’t connect emotionally with a computer. Most drivers earn the trust of the passengers by emotionally being connected with them. Usually the passengers of a car will the know the driver in some way. The only way people will trust self driving cars is if they learn to trust it (concumer reports). Google’s self driving project began six years ago and since hten have driven 1.7 million miles with the self driving vehicles and sometimes driven by their safety drivers. With over 20 of their vehicles on the…

Crash! A mother is on the road, and her kids are in the backseat of her van fighting; the music is playing on the radio and she 's talking to her father on the phone. All these distractions led to a flood of medical bills and insurance fees. Humans are unreliable when it comes to tasks that require focus; they are distracted easily and pay little attention to what they do on a daily basis. Driverless cars introduce a safe way that humans can be on the road and multitask. They are reliable and…

Driving Safely on Gran Canaria's Roads If you’re renting a car in Gran Canaria to move around, learning the driving laws in the island is a definite must. The laws are quite similar compared to other Spanish territories and the European Union. For British citizens though, it will be an entirely eye-opening experience: the steering wheels are on the left-hand side. Apart from successfully renting a car to drive on, you need proper documents so you can legally traverse on the island’s roads…

Applications Of Smart Glasses." Technology & Health Care 23.4 (2015): 381-401. CINAHL Complete. Web. 18 Oct. 2016. This article discusses the use of smart glass and its limitations. Some doctors we were given google glass and they found it to be helpful. Not only could they record operations from their point of view they could also have more interaction with patients because they didn’t have to look at their computer screen. The technology they used wasn’t built exactly for Doctors, but this is…

First of all, everyday new technological advancement, great innovation and advanced technology appear that could change our life. As the time goes, many of those have changed a lot of things in different sectors such as: economy, health, business, education and social life. One of the most affected innovations is car. Cars have affected our social life in many ways so it made our tasks easier, faster and more comfortable. It helped us to communicate and corporate with each other easily. Before…

Autonomous Cars are Better than Human Drivers Many people believe that driverless cars will have a great impact on our society because promoting driverless cars will provide people with many more benefits than they already have. Without the benefits provided by the cars, society is a much more dangerous place with human drivers. Therefore, benefits provided by driverless cars, such as safety, cost efficiency, time efficiency, and mobility for people who do not drive prove they should be promoted…

Robert W. Peterson is a professor of insurance law at Santa Clara University School of law” Self- driving cars are coming to America, all Americans should be prepared to just sit down and enjoy the ride.Self- driving cars will soon be in their rearview mirrors.”Eric Peters is a veteran automotive journalist and author of “Road Hogs”and”Automotive Atrocities.”, Technology is coming to assists human drivers that sounds like a great idea but a automobile that is going to be in control will not…

Virtual Reality systems have come a long way since The Matrix premiered in 1999. As technology advances, it makes it harder for humans to distinguish between real and fantasy. We now have cars that can drive themselves, trash cans that will follow your arm movements to catch anything you throw at them, chemically resistant clothes immune to stains, and night vision contact lenses. With the natural progression of technology, it’s amazing to see what we are capable of creating. Alongside this…

I had an experience with the opposite reaction today. I was eating with my parents in the living room. They wanted to watch the football game that was on, so we ate on trays. When I was getting up, my knee bumped into the tray. It wasn't enough to knock it over, but when it wobbled back in place, the plate and cup on it kept sliding. The cup was empty, so I reacted quickly enough to keep the plate on the tray, though I had to put my hand down in it to do so. Hand was messy, but kept it off…

DRIVERLESS CARS Over the years technology has gotten better and stronger over the years.For example phones, T.V.’s, computers and even virtual reality. There are many more things this is just the beginning. So why not add driverless cars to the big list. Driverless cars are required because too many people are tired of driving to the same place everyday, or going on long trips. They can provide cheap transportation so you don't have to pay for taxis, rest while in a trip also, they provide high…