[LINK] Robot cars and the fear gap

[Tom Worthington]

On 13/07/16 15:55, David Boxall wrote:

> ... self-driving vehicles ... whether they're an improvement ...

This week I took part in a Start-up Product Development Workshop run by 
the Kiln Incubator at ANU. My team was given the task of digitizing the 
driver's license process at the Canberra motor vehicle registry. Rather 
than just the usual App, one option was to have an autonomous car act as 
a driving instructor. The learner could drive manually, but the car 
would take over, if there was danger and record a demerit on the 
learner's record. When your driving was good enough the car would issue 
with a license to drive a non-autonomous vehicle. ;-)

There are more start-up workshops coming up: 
http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2016/07/innovation-workshops.html


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