Sensor-assisted cars that can avoid injuring pedestrians and cyclists are here, and will become the standard in a few years by Steven Goodridge "A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm."  - Isaac Asimov's First Law of Robotics An interesting thing happened on the way to the self-driving vehicle: Smart collision prevention technology such as automatic emergency braking became practical for regular cars. After premiering in high-end vehicles with adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning systems, radar and camera systems … [Read more...]