[Informatics] Google + Honda = Self-driving Car

[Roland Gesthuizen]

It was replaced with a wonderful pair of crocks, the shoes of the future.
Who would have ever guessed ..

On 26 December 2016 at 00:04, Matheson, Heath A <
Matheson.Heath.A at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Where’s my readily available hover board from Back To The Future 2???
> Wasn’t in my stocking this morning.
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> Merry Christmas!!!
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> Heath Matheson
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> *From:* informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:informatics-bounces@
> edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Thursday, 22 December 2016 5:18 PM
> *To:* Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Informatics] Google + Honda = Self-driving Car
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> A holiday challenge for you.
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> Step 1. Find the 1990 Schwarzenegger movie 'Total Recall' and find the
> first 'Johnny Cab' scene (or some folk might prefer the easy path
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY>) .
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> Optional step 2. Say, "Hang on, isn't that 'Johnny Cab' voice the doctor
> out of *Star Trek* something-or-other... *Voyager*? The hologram guy. Robert
> Picardo
> <http://static1.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/31274/1379872-sevendoctor02.jpg>?"
>  Drag out your media. Watch 168 hours of *Star Trek Voyager. *Realise
> you've used up your Christmas holidays and that term 1 of 2017 starts
> tomorrow. Curse quietly.
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> Step 3. Smile wryly at the Schwarzeneggerific futuristic fantasy of
> robotic cars from 26 years ago.
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> Step 4. Realise: "Hey. That's just an Uber/Google car ! Dang - I'm living
> in *the future*!"
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> Step 5. Read this
> <https://www.wired.com/2016/12/google-honda-waymo-on-self-driving-cars/>,
> which says, "*HONDA AND WAYMO, Google’s newly independent self-driving
> car effort, are working together to figure out how to put the tech giant’s
> sensors and software into the automaker’s vehicles.*"
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> Think: "Hey - this self-driving car thingy is getting *seriously feasible*
> ."
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> Step 6. Find the TV show, Humans <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4122068> and/or
> Westworld <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784>.
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> Step 7. Think: "There's an excellent chance that in 26 years my own Mia
> android
> <http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3cMx-VewiI/VbklD8gn6hI/AAAAAAAAChg/GP_2uP7iDDk/s1600/Humans%2BChannel%2B4.jpg> or
> Dolores Abernathy
> <http://www.iiim.is/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/westworld.png> will be
> delivered to my front door - probably in a Johnny Cab."
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> After all, who would have thought 26 years ago that self-driving cars were
> any more likely than the invention of an anti-gravity machine or a warp
> drive?
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> Mark
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> --
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> Mark Kelly
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> mark at vceit.com
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> http://vceit.com
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> Powered by Mia and Dolores.
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*Roland Gesthuizen*
http://about.me/rgesthuizen

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
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