Thanks to technology, fatal car accidents declining

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog

In a recent post, we talked about the first driverless car to be awarded its driver's license. Many people are excited by the opportunities driverless cars offer, mainly because the technology can help reduce the risk of car acciden ...
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7 Famous Techies We Suspect are Living Out Their Childhood Dreams

Source: Betabeat

Obviously, the best thing about joining the ranks of the fabulously wealthy and successful is the freedom to do whatever you want. For some people, this might mean racing sports cars and popping bottles with models. (Fair enoug ...
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Don't get your hopes up for a visa bill this year ? More radio in wireless action ? Lieberman's cyber bill expected in June ? What is Google being asked to take down?

Source: The Politico

With help from Michelle Quinn, David Saleh Rauf, Jennifer Martinez, Tony Romm and Eliza Krigman VISA DEMAND HIGH, BILL CHANCES LOW— Michelle Quinn has the story: “Technology firms hoping to secure more visas for high-skilled ...
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Bodyguards panic as Turkish president hits highway in Google driverless car

Source: Hurriet Daily News

Turkish President Abdullah Gül visited the Google headquarters in California, where he rode in the company's driverless car, he tweeted on his Twitter account. Gül visited Stanford University and the headquarters of Apple, G ...
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Gül takes tech tour of Silicon Valley giants

Source: Today's Zaman

“This is the first time a Turkish president has visited this part of America,” Gül said of his visit to the modern tech industry's California birthplace on Wednesday. “This is the place where the technology whic ...
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Google kidnaps Gül!

Source: Today's Zaman

President Abdullah Gül and first lady Hayrünnisa Gül made an exception to this during their visit to the US. Mr. Gül met with US President Barack Obama not in Washington but in Obama’s constituency, Chicago, which was also hosting the ...
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CEI Podcast for May 24, 2012: Driverless Cars

Source: Openmarket.org

Driverless cars are a new technology that could revolutionize the way we think about transportation. A prototype driverless car made by Google recently made the rounds in Washington, D.C., and Land-use and Transportation Policy ...
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Why America's Love Affair with Cars Is No Accident

Source: LiveScience.com

A photo of a Penrose car accident taken sometime between 1920 and 1921. CREDIT: Library of Congress Drivers may feel spooked by seeing the first self-driving cars appear in coming years. But the new era could prove far less disruptive and bloody ...
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Google's Self-Driving Car Gets Mixed Reviews

Source: Hacker News

WASHINGTON D.C. (CNNMoney) -- My first ride in Google's self-driving car was, all at the same time, thrilling, fascinating and a little disappointing. The car was in Washington DC where Google representative ...
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