Post by rubl on May 20, 2016 23:16:45 GMT 7
Up-to-a-point that is.
"Google just got a patent for a special kind of coating on self-driving cars that could help prevent pedestrian injuries.
The company wants to coat autonomous vehicles with a sticky substance so that if they hit a pedestrian, the person would be glued to the car instead of flying off.
"[The pedestrian] is not thrown from the vehicle, thereby preventing a secondary impact between the pedestrian and the road surface or other object," says the patent, granted on Tuesday."
money.cnn.com/2016/05/19/technology/google-flypaper-car/
"Google just got a patent for a special kind of coating on self-driving cars that could help prevent pedestrian injuries.
The company wants to coat autonomous vehicles with a sticky substance so that if they hit a pedestrian, the person would be glued to the car instead of flying off.
"[The pedestrian] is not thrown from the vehicle, thereby preventing a secondary impact between the pedestrian and the road surface or other object," says the patent, granted on Tuesday."
money.cnn.com/2016/05/19/technology/google-flypaper-car/
