{"product_id":"driverless-intelligent-cars-and-the-road-ahead-9780262534475","title":"Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel: the beginning of a new era in personal mobility.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smart, wide-ranging, [and] nontechnical.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone who wants to understand what's coming must read this fascinating book.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Martin Ford\u003ci\u003e, New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRise of the Robots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the year 2014, Google fired a shot heard all the way to Detroit. Google's newest driverless car had no steering wheel and no brakes. The message was clear: cars of the future will be born fully autonomous, with no human driver needed. In the coming decade, self-driving cars will hit the streets, rearranging established industries and reshaping cities, giving us new choices in where we live and how we work and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman offer readers insight into the risks and benefits of driverless cars and a lucid and engaging explanation of the enabling technology. Recent advances in software and robotics are toppling long-standing technological barriers that for decades have confined self-driving cars to the realm of fantasy. A new kind of artificial intelligence software called deep learning gives cars rapid and accurate visual perception. Human drivers can relax and take their eyes off the road. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen human drivers let intelligent software take the wheel, driverless cars will offer billions of people all over the world a safer, cleaner, and more convenient mode of transportation. Although the technology is nearly ready, car companies and policy makers may not be. The authors make a compelling case for why government, industry, and consumers need to work together to make the development of driverless cars our society's next \"Apollo moment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHod Lipson is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University and an author of the award-winning book \u003ci\u003eFabricated: The New World of 3D Printing\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelba Kurman writes about disruptive technologies and is an author of the award-winning book \u003ci\u003eFabricated: The New World of 3D Printing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690696737042,"sku":"9780262534475","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_adff96ab-c6aa-445d-9792-17fb27b80d3b.jpg?v=1761744163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/driverless-intelligent-cars-and-the-road-ahead-9780262534475","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}