For those of you who have missed the news, Google has been trying out for several months , in the streets of San Francisco, cars that drive themselves. You got to give it up for thinking far into the future while we are locally blaming Safaricom for taking away jobs that we never did well and charged highly (Thread on Safaricom Hosting) -- with Regards: The Hacker whose people troubled Paypal http://www.cio.co.ke/view-all-main-stories/1999-the-hacker-whose-qpeopleq-tr...
...and some University in germany beat them to it - they presented a taxi which actually self drives - I can't get the link now, but my sure our dear friend google can give the link ./Ok3ch On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
For those of you who have missed the news, Google has been trying out for several months , in the streets of San Francisco, cars that drive themselves. You got to give it up for thinking far into the future while we are locally blaming Safaricom for taking away jobs that we never did well and charged highly (Thread on Safaricom Hosting) -- with Regards: The Hacker whose people troubled Paypal http://www.cio.co.ke/view-all-main-stories/1999-the-hacker-whose-qpeopleq-tr...
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Yup, you'd have missed it if you lived in a hole :) Think now of having a public transport system where passengers pay electronically (a la M-PESA) and you select your destination on some touch-screen map and you sit and enjoy the ride. Timely schedules (maybe by using some route heuristics like from Google Earth to escape jammed routes), with 24-hour operation. In the not so far off future...matatu drivers beware!
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
Yup, you'd have missed it if you lived in a hole :)
Think now of having a public transport system where passengers pay electronically (a la M-PESA) and you select your destination on some touch-screen map and you sit and enjoy the ride. Timely schedules (maybe by using some route heuristics like from Google Earth to escape jammed routes), with 24-hour operation.
In the not so far off future...matatu drivers beware!
Futuristic, but NEVER in KENYA, unless for vision 3020 - yes 3-0-2-0!! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
Ha ha ha On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
Yup, you'd have missed it if you lived in a hole :)
Think now of having a public transport system where passengers pay electronically (a la M-PESA) and you select your destination on some touch-screen map and you sit and enjoy the ride. Timely schedules (maybe by using some route heuristics like from Google Earth to escape jammed routes), with 24-hour operation.
In the not so far off future...matatu drivers beware!
Futuristic, but NEVER in KENYA, unless for vision 3020 - yes 3-0-2-0!!
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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the link is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyk1VLTSH_U&feature=player_embedded On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:
Ha ha ha
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
Yup, you'd have missed it if you lived in a hole :)
Think now of having a public transport system where passengers pay electronically (a la M-PESA) and you select your destination on some touch-screen map and you sit and enjoy the ride. Timely schedules (maybe by using some route heuristics like from Google Earth to escape jammed routes), with 24-hour operation.
In the not so far off future...matatu drivers beware!
Futuristic, but NEVER in KENYA, unless for vision 3020 - yes 3-0-2-0!!
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Dennis Karigi <dkarigi@gmail.com> wrote:
the link is here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyk1VLTSH_U&feature=player_embedded
Okay. But this is as far as Kenyan in Nairobi or other city can ride on such a car - only via youtube! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
Wash, Well said! b0s1r3 -----Original Message----- From: Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Thu, Oct 14, 2010 4:26 pm Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Google trying out Self-Driving Cars Ha ha ha On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote: Yup, you'd have missed it if you lived in a hole :) Think now of having a public transport system where passengers pay electronically (a la M-PESA) and you select your destination on some touch-screen map and you sit and enjoy the ride. Timely schedules (maybe by using some route heuristics like from Google Earth to escape jammed routes), with 24-hour operation. In the not so far off future...matatu drivers beware! Futuristic, but NEVER in KENYA, unless for vision 3020 - yes 3-0-2-0!! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Regards Brian Ngure _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke
Here come the naysayers... (o_0) Today's realities are yesterday's dreams.
On the same topic of self drive cars saw this on Top gear BMW had a car that would do the laps faster than the test drivers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQxKELtTvUQ On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:
Yup, you'd have missed it if you lived in a hole :)
Think now of having a public transport system where passengers pay electronically (a la M-PESA) and you select your destination on some touch-screen map and you sit and enjoy the ride. Timely schedules (maybe by using some route heuristics like from Google Earth to escape jammed routes), with 24-hour operation.
In the not so far off future...matatu drivers beware!
Futuristic, but NEVER in KENYA, unless for vision 3020 - yes 3-0-2-0!!
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube
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Seems like all "Minority Report"s Steven Spielberg technology will catch up with us: First it was "the sixth sense project" Then the tablets like iPad Now; self driving cars - pretty good for designated drunk drivers ! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
For those of you who have missed the news, Google has been trying out for several months , in the streets of San Francisco, cars that drive themselves. You got to give it up for thinking far into the future while we are locally blaming Safaricom for taking away jobs that we never did well and charged highly (Thread on Safaricom Hosting) -- with Regards:
The Hacker whose people troubled Paypal http://www.cio.co.ke/view-all-main-stories/1999-the-hacker-whose-qpeopleq-tr...
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