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Blind Man Goes for a Spin in Google’s New Driverless Car

In celebration of 200,000 miles driven without an actual human driver, Google has provided us a glimpse of just how powerful this technology will be for people who are blind. A video produced by the company shows Steve Mahan drive from his house to a local Taco Bell. Mahan is 95 percent blind, or as he puts it “well past legally blind.” As he turns into the driveway of Taco Bell, Mahan exclaims breathlessly, “How neat!” We couldn’t agree more.

[Video: Google]

This is fantastic.

This almost made me want to cry.  I REALLY hope this becomes a commonplace thing in the near future. - Waterman12053

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  1. diaras reblogged this from muslimrave
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    I see these driving around where I live all the time! Brilliant.
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    This is beautiful. It’s amazing what Google is making happen through all of this, it’s a dream that I’ve always looked...
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    This almost made me want to cry. I REALLY hope this becomes a commonplace thing in the near future. - Waterman12053
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    rad.
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    BLIND MAN GOES FOR A SPIN IN GOOGLE’S NEW DRIVERLESS CAR by REBECCA J. ROSEN • 29 Mar 2012 • The Atlantic
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    Blind Man Goes for a Spin...Google’s New Driverless Car by REBECCA J. ROSEN • 29 Mar 2012...
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    WTFFF HES EATING A TACO WHILE THE CARS DRIVING LOLL
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    does this mean that my father can finally drive a car? or is it just an experiment and there will never be such car...
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