Autonomous Vehicle Software Updated After Google’s Car Hit a Bus

Google’s autonomous vehicle software just learned an unofficial rule of the road: public transit buses are not as friendly as your average car. On Valentine's Day, a self-driving Lexus RX450h hit a bus. Although Google’s autonomous vehicles have previously been involved in crashes, this is the first time that a Google car is at fault.
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Google Patents Surgical Laser System

While lasers have commonly been used for eye surgery for several years, they are rarely used in other medical procedures. Google wants to change this fact with a patent pending surgical system that uses lasers ... Read More...

Near Miss for Rival Self-Driving Cars

On Thursday Google announced that their newest self-driving car prototypes were hitting California streets. The new prototype uses the same software as Google’s other self-driving cars, but this version was des... Read More...