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Google's Self-Driving Car Takes Blind Man to Taco Bell
Google's self-driving car transported Steve Mahan, a legally blind man, along a carefully programmed route.
Credit: YouTube
Google posted a video this week of its self-driving car taking a legally blind man for a spin, showing one of the possibilities and benefits that could come from the technology.
"Where this would change my life is to give me the independence and the flexibility to go to the places I both want to go and need to go when I need to do those things," Steve Mahan says in the YouTube video.
The self-driving car takes Mahan to Taco Bell for a quick meal and a dry cleaner to pick up his clothes.
"Look, Ma, no hands," Mahan says. "No hands, no feet."
From The Los Angeles Times
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Anonymous
Well, that video was pretty cool. Maybe it's a sign we're one step closer to SkyNet taking over everything, assuming that's not the case this is really exciting. How cool was that to see a blind guy being able to drive to Taco Bell and complete a drive-thru order? Amazing, and think of the possibilities for people with other disabilities, the elderly, etc.
Also, what cool music in this video, I've been a fan of The Album Leaf forever and "We Need Help" is such a fitting song. Inspiring stuff, Google.
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