Google's self-driving bikes
The company of Google is experiencing in the sector of bikes smart. If we already had the folding, electric, road, urban, second-hand or new bicycle.
Now, the claims are more futuristic in search of the bike fromself-driving, which would considerably reduce traffic accidents with the intention of saving lives and saving the urban planning of cities many troubles.
Google Nederland has just published quite an "exciting" piece of news. Have tried a newbicycle prototype, thee-bike, on the streets of the cycling capital, Amsterdam (Approximately the average per person amounts to 900 kilometers per year) that literally runs by itself, with some surprising technological features.
A mobile app Google Self-Driving Bike and Google Maps algorithms that could make bicycles move on their own, immobilize themselves with an anti-theft mechanism and a few other features, all driven by a small video camera with sensors and a very powerful battery. Of price, or if they are cheap or expensive, we do not speak!
It must be recognized that Google is doing a lot of research on the aspect of urban bikes based on your experience with the self-driving cars.
Since in 2010 Google announced on its official blog that they had developed a technology for cars to drive autonomously with the main purpose of improve road safety,has been investigating in other fields such as Drones or cover video, in the bike of the future.
There are many expectations and as many possibilities to improve the driving in cities and reduce possible accidents. Remember that we have an interesting article about wooden bicycles.
But. the reality is that the video has some hidden tricks …
Hopefully the next Google video will be a bit more realistic and provide a technology real and necessary in the world of cycling, both urban and road to reduce the accident rate.
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